Happy Memories

Happy memories comes in a while 
and then it passes away
It brings a gloomy slender smile
for you know it may not come the other day
You beg for it
You cry for it
Still it eludes you
But after the pinning
and all the screaming
It returns to sooth you 
Happy memories may pass away
Within every fraction of time
It lurks the corners of the world
Where its presence is slack and slime
And yet it returns to you again
To salvage your desire for it
For happiness is also a game of chance
Devoid of any inquisitive wit

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I read your profile & thought – I’m not into the same things you are. I like a little lighthearted macabre writing, but your preference sounds more hard-core than mine. So I looked for something of yours that I could read & which might not be too bleak. I came upon this poem -- the title sounded all cheerful, but even before I read this, I knew there would be some twist. It’s becuz of your profile, I didn’t believe you would write a straightforward happy piece. This poem is very well done. This is what I mean by lighthearted macabre. Even tho, on the surface, you’re writing about happy memories, I felt this could represent any number of things, both dark & light. It could be the curse of a tempting but really harmful addiction to some freaky lover or substance. I really like the way you put a snarling sardonic edge to your words, not too heavy, not an attitude to overpower your lightly written tongue-in-cheek “pretend” act of happy times. Just edgy enuf to possibly fool a reader who wasn’t looking for it, but to let some of us know this is a farce on overly happy poems (which I hate). A very pleasant surprise! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Shubham Sharma]

Thank you. My psyche works in such a way that I see everything even abstract emotions in form of Ying and Yang, and sometimes I think what if something everyone perceives as a taken-for-granted positive thing is given a dark undertone. (((HUGS))) Fondly, Shubham

[shruthi]

nice lines.... keep on writing... it's true...

[¿]

Within every fraction of time - this line is so so true!!
Sat on my mind!
You nailed it in expressing😊

[Shubham Sharma]

Thank you Tahsin. Hope you will be happy always.

[¿]

You're heartedly welcome...thanks for the morning wish!

[shruthi]

Nice lines.. It's true nothing is permanent in this world..

[Shubham Sharma]

Thank you Shruthi