Plagued By Memories

Plagued by the memories of insoluble illusions that hang on the tapestry of yesterday where mythological masks were worn in another time, another place and are relived in pictures hanging on my mind's wall of sadness and loss when dreams of moonlight madness remind of love's longing the remembrance of faces and places stay in tortured realms, trapped in my soul heartfelt reminders of crumbling bouquets that turned yellow in their slow decay of unrecognized existence, dissolving away from reality that nothing lasts but memories that come in the stillness like a rush of wind before a storm brings a darker shade of thoughts that echo through time leading me to pause and remember the emotional upheaval of lament