Poet Tellaferro Poet Free verse

Memories Iii: Tapestries Iii of Iii

But like all memory, it fades as new ones are born
The memories rise to the surface and sink to the depth of obscurity

I remember all his nights of stories and that 
Orange little spark weaving tapestries of memory 
Deep into the night dispersing the wrath of summer storms 
into gentle rains

Passing the time in the deep afternoon stretching on to midnight after dinner n nothing on the tube

I see my father with trails of light around his face 
from another time another a place 
a different space 
a world away

As that amber flares with each deep drag 
on a simple cigarette blazing into the night, 
relaxing in the moments 
between storms of my history 
and his memories 

Watching the lighting play far out to sea

I watch stories woven as tapestries of light 
about a time in his history 
a place forever 
in my memory

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Nikki Robinson January 20, 2022 at 6:30 PM I have never read someone's poem knowing I would remember it, but I will remember this one. It's so charmingly written. Good job. :) Poet Tellaferro January 20, 2022 at 8:33 PM Thank you for your kind words hope you enjoyed all three. Look forward in reading your work. Thanks again!

Poet Tellaferro January 18, 2022 at 7:52 PM This one of three, please read all as this is one part of a larger poem. Thanks!