Memory Poem by Goddo Faggotte

Memory



The tear that doesn't fall
quivers, suspended
on your eyelid after the
sad sobbing breaths have ended

… that's what memories are.

umalume & umama passed
without goodbyes,
utata built a house on the
River of Sundays
and we are left with

… tears that will not fall.

Monday, September 28, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: deaths,families,memories,parting,tears
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Memories are those tears that will not fall.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Goddo Faggotte 28 September 2015

translations: umalume = uncle, umama=mother, utata=grandfather

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Goddo Faggotte

Goddo Faggotte

Frontier Country, South Africa
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