Kate D.

Memories

Pure white smoothness-
A clean paper,
A conscience clear,
Silent, still, same.

Then a swish of bristles!
Across the blank
A sky full of colors
A blossom of swirls

So sharp and bright,
Then murky and mixed.
It’s the nature of memories
To refuse to stay fixed.





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