To Write What Is Asked

Irritable and out of sorts, Jumbled emotions fill me up. I want to write, but it hurts. The topic, with sadness, erupts. "A sad memory", the challenge was But mine is sad beyond compare. Not something I am prepared to write, Feelings brought forth, too much to bare. I shall attempt to put on paper The saddest day in memory But these are ghosts best left alone And memories that need not be free.