A Memory Lives Poem by Godfrey Morris
A Memory Lives
These memories wander in my head
These tears of mine still lingers
Holding on to times once dear
A cloud looms high in this sky
Distasteful remedies make me cry
Unwanted discomforts hide my tries
Butterflies of sighs creeps heavily
To the stomach of unwanted good-byes
A dream, a fainted hope never to be seen again
Gone forever, rested in a sleep
Never to rise yet again
How do you say good-bye to the light of yesterday?
A light that shined so brightly
That once hid the vile of wretched earth.
These tears taint the very soil
For I have indeed lost treasure
yet cannot be retained
To the least memories still live, it speaks, it haunts
Though bones forever be constrained
Within the dust of the naked earth
Shall not those memories be permitted to live?
In someone's eyes
In someone's ears
Or even in a whisper
The words of the tongue passé as wild winds
But its truths of virtue remain eternal
For virtue is the only sword I will carry
Thus till the end will the memory live.
Copyright © 2012
Emotional coherency incoporated making it flow beautifuly. So vivid and sincere. Thank you for sharing!
This is beautiful just beautiful...made me want to laugh and cry all at once, now thats how a poet should write...thanks for your wonderful write, and I hope to see more of your poems.
You've incorporated some incredibly beautiful phrases here. The words ring true, and are quite vivid. I would love to hear you, as the author, read it aloud. Blessings and much luck on your poetic journey; you've quite the beginning already, from the work I've seen by you on here.
A very nice piece of work. Keep it up and, let us also learn from you as well. Thank you. E.K.L.
a beautiful write. Memories linger long after they have left.
Words of a true memory, nice poem and thank you for your complement
You use your words wisely and each word goes in a steady pace, exactly were its needed.The name of your title was exactly what it needed to be.It caught my eye.And seemingly many others have agreed with me this is a great write.
Lovely and powerful. I saw the pains and the nostalgy of a lost love; but never forgotten. Merci d'avoir partagé votre genie et votre peine.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Thank you for the lovely read, pen comes from the heart. ~*~ Randy