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-