POEM STARTER
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
The Burden of Memory
Write a poem that could have this as its title.
My Wound
I think I tried to forget
Cause if I remembered all of the things that you did
I might be even more broken than I am now
So I probably tried to forget
What it was like to watch her leave
Probably, maybe
Or maybe I was just too young
Yeah, it's probably that actually
Still trauma does not just go away
It cannot really be avoided
And so maybe I got a different flavor
Than the one you carry
I don't know which of us is better off
I only know that you hurt, too
You hated her back then
Love her more than him now
And most of us feel the same
And I've got this wound deep in my chest
Don't really know where I got it from
I've heard whispers of its origin
Soft melodies that recount its story
But I don't remember it
How could I?
I think it probably hurts more
To have the wound
And not know where it's from
Than to remember
Maybe memory isn't
a burden
It is what
completes us