It only lasts a moment
Nearly maddening
I catch these scents
It doesn't matter what it really is
But it gives me a flash of memory
So tangible I could see it
Feel it
But to describe it?
My tongue feels numb trying

The memory slips away
The more desperately I grasp for it
Gone before I can find the right words
It could drive you insane trying
Flickers of small plastic bears
A forgotten place between trees and tall grass
Meals at tables of friends I can't recall

How feeble a memory is
So fragile that it vanishes in the wind
Like the ashes of a loved one