Edwin Hofert Poet Rhyme

Tripped On a Memory

Tripped On A Memory

That day the sun was shining
my heart was full and free.
I must have simply looked away
and tripped on a memory.

It was black as hell that night,
my tears they fell like rain.
How can it be a memory
can bring my heart such pain?

I tried my best to gain control,
my emotions running wild.
This memory, a part of me
from when I was a child.

Much too young to understand
and I can’t pay the cost.
The used to be what came of me
and the innocence I lost.

One moment on the mountain
where I can clearly see.
Next moment there’s that mountain
of a memory on me.

That day the sun was shining.
There’s no place I’d rather be.
Then I must have looked away
and tripped on a memory.

Edwin C Hofert

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Richard Lamoureux January 18, 2018 at 12:01 PM You have a way of brining the melancholy it a happy kind of way. That incongruity makes reading your work interesting.

Jan Allison December 21, 2017 at 2:46 PM a heartbreaking poem Edwin, so lovely to see you back:-) hugs jan xx Edwin Hofert December 21, 2017 at 2:51 PM Thank you Jan. I’ve missed you!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart December 21, 2017 at 2:37 PM Potent penning Edwin, word perfect. xo Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart December 21, 2017 at 6:48 PM Merry Christmas and Happy Solstice! Edwin Hofert December 21, 2017 at 3:46 PM It is. And it has. Thank you again. And in case we don’t communicate before. Merry Christmas! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart December 21, 2017 at 2:53 PM As cathartic as writing I know can be, I hope some of the mountain's weight was lifted. Bless you dear poet. <3 Edwin Hofert December 21, 2017 at 2:40 PM It was a heavy write for me. Thank you Maureen.