Friday, September 10, 2021

Forgotten

No one wants to be forgotten,

Vanishing into the foggish

Memory of misbegottens,

Tapering to miniscule

Fragments of frenetic thought

Oxidizing into rust.

 

Large in life, behemoth that you are

In lavish local lore,

Can’t imagine that your memory could

Fade into the night to

Nothing but a radar blip

Scarcely noticed to trained eyes.

 

Much more frightening than dying,

So much angst to toss about,

Think about,

Talk about,

Howl and whine and shout about.

Will history and legacy be filled with fact

Or lined with lies?

 

Though the thought be bittersweet,

Kind, unkind, unjust.

Someone please remember when my

Aging bones return to dust.

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