Memories Adorn My Heart
"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"
John Ruskin, 1853
A collage of memories adorn the walls of my heart.
Some appear and bring a smile, the worthwhile ones
that shine like faceted diamonds in the midnight sky.
Indelible are my visions of births, marriage and days
when life offered more rewards than I felt I deserved.
But there are also deaths; those jagged shards,
that cut me like sharpened spears of broken glass.
They're bitter weapons that cause me pain
with each remembered slash that opened a new wound.
Oh, such strife, anguish, and tidal waves
of regrets that leave me shipwrecked and alone.
There are snippets and scraps of our wedding day,
shrouded and shadowed now...
Those pictures are finger worn, edges bent
from turning them often, when I feel forlorn
and miss your arms around me
.
Love comes without safeguards and guarantees
so please, dear heart,
don't bring those echoes of the past to mind.
I've come to grips with my brokenness
until moonlight reminds me of what used to be.
In that moment I'm wistful and somber
stumbling in the darkness...
trying to climb from the gloom of a deep abyss.
September 1, 2020
All The Little Pieces Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France
Copyright © Jenna Logan | Year Posted 2020
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