Memories Are Only Poem by Raynette Eitel

Memories Are Only



Memories are only
Tattoos on the brain,
Pain-etched, day by day,
Brush-stroked in joy.
Then when we are asleep
The pictures come alive
To waken us with tears.

Raynette Eitel
Friday, January 28, 2011
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Adeline Foster 13 May 2013

Another remarkable poem. Read mine - Cicatrix - Adeline

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Lamont Palmer 05 February 2011

I had to come back to this - it is lovely, like the author. -LP

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Raynette Eitel 28 January 2011

Thanks...I thought you might comment on this one. :)

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