Memories! Poem by Geetha Jayakumar

Memories!

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Few Memories were written
In sands of shore
Though tides of time went wiping by
But it sank deep down my heart.

Bitter Memories were to be buried alive
Though they were of dead past
I buried it everyday at midnight
But the very next sunrise I carried it alive with me.

It just took away the present from me
I just sat staring at the dead past.
Many painful tears I shed on each day thinking of scars.
I continued it shedding painful tears till today.

Why do I hang on to past so deep?
Why I am not able to take one step towards present?

When I living in present wearing a glasses of past
Glasses are faded out, I am too worn out
Why can't I see myself in my mirror
And make me realize where these past have left me in present?

©ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY GEETHA JAYAKUMAR 2014
© 2014.

Friday, September 12, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: thoughts
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Lyn Paul 12 September 2014

So beautifully written Geetha. I believe to move it is about planning new things, friendships, helping others and remembering that our journey here is only short. x

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Valsa George 13 September 2014

Bitter Memories were to be buried alive Though they were of dead past I buried it everyday at midnight But the very next sunrise I carried it alive with me. Though we bury them deep down, sometimes they resurrect giving us pain and wetting our eyes! A poem of remarkable beauty Geetha!

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Aftab Alam Khursheed 13 September 2014

make me realize where these past have left me in present? one must realize well crafted most of us suffered or will suffer take a preventive measure Thank you Geetha

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 13 September 2014

Bitter memories keep haunting till some happy moments keep erasing them ever so slowly. Beautiful poem with great expression. Thank you.

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Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi 14 September 2014

So true. I do this too. Hanging on to the moth eaten fragile dead past.....hopelessness is all that it breeds. Beautifully penned.loved it

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Dr Dillip K Swain 08 March 2022

I burry bitter memories evey midnight... beautiful approach to life

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Heather Wilkins 11 October 2014

thanks dear Geetha for reading and commenting on my poems I appreciate you so much love and happiness always heather happy writing

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Piyush Dey 05 October 2014

wow, it was a wonderful read. so simply and thoughtfully written. nice write.

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Heather Wilkins 03 October 2014

why do I hang on to the past so deep why can't I see myself in the mirror memories are to be cherished forever

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Paul Sebastian 01 October 2014

Great write of one who has been shackled to the past of bitter memories. The past is buried and gone but the present is here to be lived. This poem inspire one to live in the present and not sit in the rocking chair of the past. Enjoyed it.

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