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
Copyright © Edwin Hofert | Year Posted 2017
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