Forever and a day
grandmother used to say
and often
and I would take the words
and hide them in my memory
like precious gems
and I can still hear the words
through the many many
decades since her demise
and I want to be a child again
want to hear her say the words
for real and feel and feel
but all I have of her now
is the words that recite
and like aged birds fly less and less
in the sky of my memory
and I take the old words out
and dust them off
just about.
2d ago
Jun 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM UTC
Forever and a day
grandmother used to say
and often
and I would take the words
and hide them in my memory
like precious gems
and I can still hear the words
through the many many
decades since her demise
and I want to be a child again
want to hear her say the words
for real and feel and feel
but all I have of her now
is the words that recite
and like aged birds fly less and less
in the sky of my memory
and I take the old words out
and dust them off
just about.
