Poem of the day

Lost memory

 

By Jacquline Munro

 

Have you ever lost your memory

And don’t know where you are

Don’t remember your address

The name of your street

If the walls were brick

Or concrete

Have you ever looked

Around you

And think why am I here

What am I meant to be doing

What am I meant to be saying

My mind is betraying

My memory is fading

Struggling

Diminishing

Demolishing

This new feeling is amazing

Frustrating

Soul searching of who I am

Am meant to be

Now not then

Have you ever tried to have a thought

The thought is empty

The emptiness is compressed

But I don’t feel like a mess

I don’t feel I should contest

Or protest

With my lost memory

It’s like holding

Onto sugar

In a hot tub of mucus

Which is useless

Have you ever lost your memory

I have

Maybe it’s time to move on