the joy of a bankable memory
sun on river
boys sleeping safely stowed in bunks below
smiles
a whole week
only bright light days
capture this and grasp it tight
a souvenir for dimmer times
a bankable memory
blown out of the water
the shock of the sharp stinging attack
apologies spewing from my mouth
yes I am to blame
i crumple
absorbing the slurring beery onslaught
another hope in me shrinks smaller still
grief for the loss of that bankable memory never stored
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Author:
mumiza (
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Comments3
How quickly dreams and lives are shattered
Great write
Thank you
😊 thank you
Disaster at sea! How well you've trumpeted sun and happiness in one moment and destruction and sadness in the next. Your poem expresses the ups and downs we all endure in this life. Great read and thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank you too
GOOD EVENING MUMIZA (Great name !) WELCOME to MPS. You will find iy a challenging and heterogeneous site ~ all Human life is here ! Thanks for your First Poem ~ Indeed a poem of two halves !
VERSE 1. Very well written account of the positive aspects of a Barge Holiday ~ bankable memories. Angela & I love all craft but especially sailing !
VERSE 2. The idyllic spell is shattered ! Attacks ~ Apologies ~ Beery onslaughts (what happened to the Boys ?) Grief of a "Memory not banked" Thanks for sharing ~ more Poems please ~ Yours BRIAN. MPS works by reading and commenting on each others Poems ~ OK. You can also build up a cohort of MPS Friends.
That’s so kind. And useful. Thanks. Have just written another for tomorrow.
It’s cathartic!
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