Memories
 
Where have all my memories gone?
Have they been whisked away by a thief?
Discredited by censors?
Sent to archive by my CPU?
 
They should appear as a checkerboard.
Red, black, red, black…..
Good, bad, good, bed…..
Aligned and ready for use.
 
Instead, their appearance is a well stained lace tablecloth.
The threads of good memories are often covered by the stains of bad.
The holes and gaps beside each thread,
Becoming the missing memories.
 
Old age has surely taken a few,
Selected memory maybe some.
Why are so many gone?
Have I blocked them out?
 
Was there an event?
A situation if you will.
Was there a horror?
That causes my mind to go blank?
 
Roy Richard
2024