POEM STARTER
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
The Burden of Memory
Write a poem that could have this as its title.
you look so unhappy
you look so unhappy
there’s a scar on your thigh
i saw it there the night
i first saw you get high
but i guess it got worse
since i last saw you
because now it consumes
everything you do
the chain around your neck
and a hawaiian shirt on
micro dosing yourself
so your sadness is gone
tattoos where your body
hasn’t quite healed
trying to cover the damage
you tried to have revealed
you came to me one night
deep in my dreams
called out my name
but it was just on my screen
i’ve forgotten your body
forgotten your voice
like you want to forget
your sharp painful choice
you’ve made so many mistakes
just like i did trusting you
a knife can get into your skin
but you won’t let me through?
i know you’re miserable
thinking about you i am too
but smoking ten packs a day
makes me glad i dont know you
you may not think about me
or care as much as i do
but in my heart i know
that i never truly knew you
that chain around your neck
you’ve never looked more crappy
and your hawaiian shirt on
you look so unhappy