Jessica Alvero Poet Free verse

Those Invisible Traces

And so I cleaned my phone's gallery
Every photo of you erased from its memory
I burned all printed 3R's, 
Love letters hidden in cute jars
Movie tickets pressed tightly in my wallet
What else? Hmmm... Wait.
Everything that reminds me of you
Has been removed, all traces of you,
But I forgot that no matter what I do
Your memories will forever haunt me
That there is still something here
That I cannot remove nor erase,
Not now or maybe not later
A lot more remain-- a lot of invisible traces.

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Wilma Neels November 7, 2019 at 12:00 PM Those traces remain. An absolutely beautiful piece! Jessica Alvero November 13, 2019 at 6:13 AM Thank u.

Arturo Michael November 3, 2019 at 6:55 AM The seen and unseen...when put into perspective you'll know what I mean...Nice write Jessica Alvero November 4, 2019 at 5:15 AM Thank you.

Silent One November 3, 2019 at 5:43 AM best way to get rid of the memories... but some never go away... Jessica Alvero November 4, 2019 at 5:14 AM Indeed, some are like ghosts that keep on haunting you for the rest of your life.

Panagiota Romios November 3, 2019 at 1:06 AM Yes, traces remain, guess what" They always will Jessica Alvero November 3, 2019 at 4:37 AM No matter what we do, traces will always remind us of the past.