Remembering What I Want To Forget

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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

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/15/2018 3:35:00 PM

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

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/15/2018 6:33:00 PM

Thank you very much, Gershon! Sandra

Eve Roper

Date: 10/15/2018 2:43:00 PM

Sandra, congratulations on your win.

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/15/2018 6:32:00 PM

Thank you very much, Eve! Hugs, Sandra

Alexis Y.

Date: 10/15/2018 2:05:00 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
Date: 10/15/2018 6:30:00 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

Date: 10/15/2018 1:06:00 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
Date: 10/15/2018 6:28:00 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