Memories of You

I keep your memory
right in the pocket below my hip.
It curses me with the reminder
of how it felt on your lips.

I cannot shred it
for it is already torn.
It will not disappear
no matter how worn

If I should forget
all that you have said
My heart would be whole
no hope and no dread.

But I cannot forget
for your words are still there
Like a broken record,
spinning beneath my hair

But with you,
I only disappear
I fade into the past
and all forgotten years.

Your presence remains
haunting while I sleep.
I don’t want you
awake or in unconscious deep.

I’ll bury you in the ground
along with all your things
I will not let you return
but I cannot cut the strings

So you will creep back
like a predator hunts its prey
It’s in the memories I fall unfound
in the memories I stay.

They will not come to search for me
I was gone before I was outwitted.
I am only a victim
of a crime uncommited.

Reviews

[Jason Knight]

I need a set of words to describe this... It wraps me in the blood of a bliss, it reminds me of a unforgotten kiss, it returns something that hit but never missed. This is valuable and bleaches all emotions for its benefit, if I lack comprehension then so be it, I'm too literate. Amazing work, the most amazing at my sight, I'll cherish it so much, that I might even think of it while my souls sleeps in the night. :)

[Poet's World]

julia i loved this writing of yours, am really in a melancholic mood and this poem is like its written for me...... nice write
if possible read my poem "Let me Vanish" and give your comments.....

[nostal]

I REALLY enjoyed the last stanza.
Going into this, i thought it would be another cliched love poem, but this is clearly different.
Good job.