The shards that slice your hands
Each pivotal moment, Each crucial scene, frozen in time, Buried deep beneath the protective membrane
Read the poemIf you are looking for poems about memory, these are the ones that live in afterimages: held moments, replayed scenes, and the kinds of remembering that refuse to stay still.
Memory changes the room around a poem. Read these slowly and let the echoes accumulate.
Each pivotal moment, Each crucial scene, frozen in time, Buried deep beneath the protective membrane
Read the poemThere's something you will do, Before the clock sweeps past nine, That will make time stand on its head,
Read the poemThe absence of a guiding hand, The touch you missed— Forced you to feel every nuance
Read the poemEach of the freeze-frames of your worst moments dance in front of the mirror as it sparkles
Read the poemThe times you were held in those rare, accidental pauses, in the early mornings before you
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