Sometimes The Past Revisits Us

 poem-a-day challenge from Robert Lee Brewer @ Writer's Digest

For today's prompt, write a memory poem. 

The Past is not always done with

just because it was ages ago-

Third Girl, A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie

 Let's make the kind of memory that is second to none...

Jim couldn't resist the 'purple throne'😂💖

Sometimes, when I am feeling brave and strong, I gently trace

The outline of mementos that compile, year after year 

But, then I put them back where they belong; content to place

Them in Bygone's embrace, and concentrate on Now and Here 

Because time has a way of stealing seasons, still in hand

(How subtly they become part of what nothing can erase)

I want to feel the full force of Time's little tricks of sand

Composing the mementos that I sometimes gently trace 

Darling, the days that yet remain are dwindling one by one

Let's look each other in the eye, laugh more, indulge in love 

And make the kind of memory that is second to none

To gently trace, sometimes, when we feel brave and strong enough

Sometimes the Past revisits us, for better or for worse

Today is always new, rife with fresh opportunities

To bear in mind that which becomes a guest we bless or curse

Let's do our best to turn each day into fond memories

 © Janet Martin

A few sudden deaths recently,

 have reminded me of what I

 (not always, but sometimes)  

lose sight of;

 Us 💓