Remembering What I Want To Forget


Remembering What I Want To Forget


The morning started out okay.
     Went out for milk, came home again;
          chores left undone...need to relax
as tiredness takes hold of me.

My favored chair engulfs me now;
     head back, feet up, I close my eyes.
          At once, the soothing peace sinks in...
but oh, how soon my joy dissolves!

I feel it creeping in my brain...
     as restless, scattered thoughts set in.
          I shift my feet, adjust the quilt...
but still, my anxious mind spins 'round.

I feel a pressure deep within
     as if my heart's inside a trap.
          Perhaps it's hunger from no lunch
or some strange virus brewing there.

Oh, no! Just like a lightning bolt,
     it strikes...flashed open my mind's eye.
          a second month has quickly flown...
of just three months doc said I have. 


Sandra M. Haight

~1st Place~
Contest: Remembering What You Want To Forget
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Judged: 10/15/2018

Fiction for Contest

remembersadfree verse

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Gershon Wolf

October 15, 2018 at 3:35 PM

Well done, ala Tom Cunningham. Congrats on your win in the contest. Best wishes, Gershon

Sandra Haight

October 15, 2018 at 6:33 PM

Thank you very much, Gershon! Sandra

Eve Roper

October 15, 2018 at 2:43 PM

Sandra, congratulations on your win.

Sandra Haight

October 15, 2018 at 6:32 PM

Thank you very much, Eve! Hugs, Sandra

Alexis Y.

October 15, 2018 at 2:05 PM

WoW! Sandra, You wrote a well written poem about someone who's coming to end of their life. I feel the same as Tom, I hope this is fiction. Congratulations on your 1st place win. It was well deserved- Alexis

Sandra Haight

October 15, 2018 at 6:30 PM

Yes, Alexis, fiction for me. But you can read my reply to Kim below to learn more. Thank you for your visit, congrats, and nice comment. Hugs, Sandra

Kim Rodrigues

October 15, 2018 at 1:06 PM

Wow, Sandra, did you have someone specific in mind? How a person’s mind would reel and chest would jump as they remember over and over again that they have little time left! Congratulations on your first place win!

Sandra Haight

October 15, 2018 at 6:28 PM

Thanks for the great contest, Kim, and for my nice placement. Twenty-seven years ago, my best friend was diagnosed with late-stage cancer and was told she had three months. She never made it past the second month. She was only 52. Such sad memories...Hugs, Sandra