freedom to forget

 

artwork by PatKelly Studio courtesy of etsy.com

announcing the entrance

of a new year

crickets sit on the windowsill

chirping a staccato serenade

bold moon shadows are determined

to scandalously drape themselves

over places he journeyed

vivid memories warm me

evoking long hidden responses

while heartlessly robbing me

of the freedom to forget

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Wow do I love the overall premise of this poem. So many times I've wished for the freedom to forget. Such a brilliant idea. And it's so awesome the way you start out with an innocent overall observation such as the new year, but then the focus intensifies until you're down to the deepest feelings that can't be throttled (((HUGS)))

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you once again, my friend. You really made my night! Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

Memories, even good ones, are often a double edged sword. You convey that lonely feeling of reliving a warm memory that cannot be revisited very well in this piece.

[Lydia Shutter]

thanks so much, KL. Lydi**

[BlackRose]

A prisoner held captive with such memories cuff her in. Such intensity but with a warm daydreamy feeling all over. Love it!!! Happy New Year Lydi!

[Lydia Shutter]

Happy Healthy New Year to you as well, Rose. Thank you for the review. Lydi**

[BlackRose]

Thanks Lydi!

[Kelly Scheppers]

Oh, the coming of another year! It always plays a melancholy tune for me, though I must admit, the crickets chirping a staccato serenade sounds almost delightful, indeed!

May the new year hold much joy and many blessings for you, Lydi!

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you for the review and the kind thoughts, Kelly. Happy Healthy New Year to you as well. Lydi**

[redzone]

I think it's a freedom we don't want to give up, our memories, our love of someone who is no longer with us... we are willing slaves to them so to speak as in many ways they have made us who we are and have made us human...

it is a new year Lydi, one that hold many surprises as well as memories and also the hopes for something better...

HAPPY 2017 LYDI!!!! memories and all!!! and I know you will write us, your faithful and loving readers, many "nice" poems... I know they will filled with "staccato serenades"...

Curt

[Lydia Shutter]

As long as you are reading and reviewing, I will be posting, my friend. Thank you so much. Lydi**

[Ken Simm.]

Intense, beautiful warm wording. Descriptions are visually perfect. Memories that are so poignant. An incredible piece.

[Lydia Shutter]

thanks so much, Ken. Lydi**

[JerryB]

Perfect! I understand the feeling, in my case it is a woman who is impossible for me to forget. You used your words well, Lydia.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thanks, Jerry. Lydi**

[Alfred Kukitz]

She once or was it more than once to scribe into my eyes I love you. Not easy to forget and I, like you, sit chained to memory.

Beautiful Lydia!

Regards,
Al

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you for the review, Al. Happy New Year. Lydi**

[AYVID N]

This is such a beautiful poem on us as prisoners of our memories...Appreciated so much.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you for the review, Divya. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

when we lose people...we have no freedom to forget...their memories keep us in chains...
and part of us would rather stay there than forget them totally.

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

How true, Jacob. Thank you. Lydi**