Corrupted Keepsakes

 

Our corrupted keepsakes—those self-inflicted injuries

Frozen in time—crystalized chronological capsules

Editorialized memories—renovated recollections

Obscured by that-is-the-way-it-should-have-been

Laundered to a state of that-is-how-I-want-to-remember-it

Substance and soul unite with the consciousness

Glossing over all the petty annoyances

Presenting brightly gleaming perfect bygones

Thus we cuddle ourselves in that comforting down

Like shattered prismatic shards

Comprised of imperfect recollections.

Emily

December 12, 2019

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge December 10, 2019: Use the word “frozen” in a poem or piece of prose.

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge December 10, 2019

Senescence

 

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Swiftly failing memory

Trauma less retrograde amnesia

That daily duel with the doddering drudge

The friendly fog of forgetfulness

Erasing the bad with the good

The sweet soothing balm of oblivion

Kindly buffering the agonizing pain of loss

Expunging both broken dreams and hearts

Shrouding all the disagreements and battles

Cushioning the relentless creep of old age

With the gentle haze of oncoming senility.

 

Emily

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge: November 5, 2019: Today’s prompt: Write a piece of prose or poetry with the phrase “swiftly failing memory” in it

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge: November 5, 2019

Salve For The Spirit

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All of the countless promises
Made and then forgotten
Those bitter words and accusations
Both spoken and heard
The blows struck in anger, fear, and hatred
Both given and received
Every painful memory aching and sore
Scouring the boundaries of the soul
Covered over, encased, erased
By soft veils of white forgetfulness
Purged in that blinding blizzard
Angelic avalanche of amnesia
Smoothing over the caustic memories
That constantly burn and sting
Time’s gentle balm
The snowfall of my mind.

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge December 11, 2018: Write a piece of poetry using this phrase “snowfall of my mind”.

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge December 11, 2018