Jigsaw

I love how some things
can bring back certain memories:
like that song you played for me
that ended up being ours
or how seeing 5 pence reminds me
of when we lay in my back garden
staring at the stars.
It's like having a scrapbook
inside your mind,
each memento that you stumble upon
transporting you back to that moment in time.
It could be anything
from a smell to a sound;
memories that you thought you had lost
will always be found
and it fascinates me
how the mind works this way
how it can conjure up a flashback
even if it's been so long since everything changed.
Because I haven't seen you
in what feels like forever
but I still so vividly remember
everything that happened when we were together
and I no longer feel sad
that we couldn't make our love last,
I no longer feel like I wasted
all the time that we had
because everything that happens in life,
every memory that gets stored
makes up the person I am
and the person I will become.
It's like a jigsaw puzzle that you've undertook:
it takes a while to put together
and sometimes the pieces don't fit
where you think they should
but eventually the puzzle will be finished
and all the precious time spent
will absolutely be worth it.
I'm looking forward to building
the jigsaw of my life,
to placing the last piece in that empty space
and knowing that I finally got it right.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i have four different scrapbooks...two quite full, one never got a chance then be a few pages worth of mementos and one i scrapped the pictures but can't erase them from the memory.
once we rip the scrapbook apart, we end up with that jigsaw puzzle that has too many pieces and just becomes overwhelming to try to put back together to make sense.
really like this write...and would love to experience your last three lines someday...as is i will just keep writing towards it.
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Me too dear Laura.
"I'm looking forward to building
the jigsaw of my life,
to placing the last piece in that empty space
and knowing that I finally got it right."
TCT
The above lines. Most of us are searching for. Sometime looking for a myth and tale? Thank you for sgaing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote