"includes folk misspellings and made up words symbolic of imperfect recollections and selective repetitive recollection of kin folk everywhere "
If memories yielded more interesting prizes
Instead of a snowballing load of missed chances abided
I'd listen more closely and shy away less
Begging for more insight and meaningful signages
If memories blossomed as wisdom and light
Instead of 'I should haves' and wasted alliances
The elderly wouldn't be lonely
I wouldn't be impatient
Burying my own memories as diseased seeds of bindages
Morphing the rational with doubt and fear left
From hearing the failures and judgments laid down
Our ancestors pass along caution and fret
Diminishing courage as chained ankles in sweat.
-Kelly Write Away
recipient of unprocessed occurrences from elderly family members
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