POEM STARTER

Submitted by Maranda Quinn

The Burden of Memory

Write a poem that could have this as its title.

The Burden Of Memory

When the words left your mouth,

I wondered if I just imagined them,

And yet they were there in the air.


“Girl is too big to fit between the tiny girls”

Big

Big

BIG.


All I had wanted was to move in front of you in a crowd.

I had tapped on your shoulder,

Politely said “Excuse me”

And this is the reaction I get

FROM MY FRIEND?


Maybe you could tell that I feeling good in my body today,

And felt the urge to bring my down.

Mission failed,

But I will still document this one like all the other occurrences.


Time after time,

I’m too “big”


Less that a year ago,

I called you a friend,

A good one at that,

But now I must revoke that title,

And exile you from my life.


Goodbye.

Sorry that I was too “big” for you.

Now you will just be a memory.

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