Tim Remembers

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The street sweep Beppo in Michael Ende's book Momo is a wise man,

who teaches us a lot. He keeps 'his side of the street' clean and joins

little Momo in teaching mislead adults what they need to know.

Tim Remembers Tim is a member of the club of life with all its nonsense vagaries and beauty pitfalls up-shoots conflicts contradictions Dismembered or conjoined he has a choice is privileged to have a working mind emotions and a quest for wholesome soul Yet memories become suppressed untold forgotten where they want to surface need to unfold for proper understanding At times what pains the most is necessary however hard the demons of the past cast their murky sordid and unwanted challenges Remembering bethinking recollecting yields rewards when mere suppression teases dismisses from consciousness the seed to grow Freud speaks of mechanisms of defence Jung wants to harmonise all polar opposites the street sweeper in Momo’s story knows alike What Tim wishes to think no more of is what he has to tackle if only so in order to forgive where others and he himself have harmed so often 01st October 2018

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Darren White

Date: 10/2/2018 3:06:00 AM

I adore Michael Ende and his 'Momo'. For me your poem is all about those last two stanzas, they make your poem, beautifully done.

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 10/1/2018 3:05:00 PM

At first I thought the title was 'Time Remembers' - whoops! But still so moving, especially the line 'At times what pains the most is necessary,' well said-