Memories

August 19, 2014

by Anna G. Watson

Breathe. Just breathe; this will pass. That shivery sensation again, secreted memories unwrapped, tangled over her heart. Left shaken, emotionally disheveled, abandoned and dismissed.

Memories, elusive, dark, stealthy fairies, suddenly pop up, resurfacing on a whim. Beguiling tricksters snag a heart off guard. Thump, thump– stomping glee filled feet as they encircle.

“You didn’t matter,” they screech.

Imagine a perfect day, diamond lit skies, kitten white clouds and joyous moments suddenly met with gloomy storm. You wonder why these demons surface? You’re just stopped at a red light, an ordinary moment in life.

Love’s betrayal is their life- blood, their sustenance. Waiting in a ruby jewel box, carefully wrapped within life’s layers, to suddenly emerge kicking, thumping, merciless.

“You are weak,” she screams.

The cowards scamper away. They have left her alone to find beauty in another day. There will be another day; she will find it glorious, waiting not yet discovered. Beautiful moments: Look there in a child’s precious smile, see the late summer bloom of the single last rose, be in the quiet silence of reflection.

There is a purposeful plan. This is her given life complete with struggles and overwhelming joys; the path she is placed on. There is intentional strength and courage at her core. She learned compassion.

“You will never rule,” she shouts to the blustering wind.

These brave words, carried forth on a gust, travel far and wide until coming to rest upon a doorstep. Truth.

Category: beautiful heart, beautiful words, compassion, father, gratitude, grief, heart, life lesson, longform, memoir, short story, wordpress 201, writing

4 Comments on “Memories”

wordsfromanneli
August 19, 2014

Poetic prose. Lovely to read.
- Grace
  August 19, 2014
  
  Thank you, anneli.
  Never quite satisfied, I have attempted to hook the reader at the opening and omit unnecessary words. Third draft!
  x
  - wordsfromanneli
    August 19, 2014
    
    That’s writing. It’s all about re-writing. We should be called re-writers, not writers.
Life in the 50's and beyond...
August 19, 2014

Lovely to read, easy to identify with…. nicely done.

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