Cocoon of Forgetfulness



Painless metamorphosis,
wrapped in precious memories fading
No more chrysalis tears formed on the inside,
only blank stares
leading idle long flights to nowhere ... 
Vacant whims drifting on a placid smile outside

Strange faces have a distant feel of familiarity,
but mothball unawareness
has eaten away at a lost, closed closet memory

Holey be those strained recollections ...
The agitated, sad faces are always
playing oddly haunting music — 
Trying to get an emotional connection

The cocoon of forgetfulness
is so comforting    ...    guilt-free bound unburdening
Fading memories
is a painless metamorphosis

Alzheimer butterfly 
soaring aimlessly on an ill cursed flight
Only pure silken threads of brief remembrance
frightens the calm occasionally at night

Blank thoughts
wrapped in a wet blanket of irrelevance
Important things
have long been grey matter buried since

On a dying descent,
proboscis curiosity last rite memento taste 
the nectar kiss from a weeping stranger’s rosy lips
A fluttering memory of lucidity
gets taken by a paralyzing, black widow eraser grip

Alzheimer butterfly
permanently resting from it’s mindless flight,
with an unfathomable, wingless sigh
The dark cocoon sleep: chrysalis past deprived
yields to the vast void of a starlit sky
No more awakening to an empty question why
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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January 21, 2019 at 7:36 PM
Brilliant, Freddie! A great ending to the poem. The big question "Why?" excellent well written poem...deserving of honors my friend...Charlie
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