Poet13's Blog

I reset everything in my memory what I said to what you said
how it all played out the things I did wrong
how much hurt I felt how much pain I gave.

I failed to give as good as I got
certainty pales and wilts in the shadow of memory
sometimes I summon the cold courage to look truth in the eye.

Tear away the rosy recollections see clearly how things were
I prefer the warmth but the cold is bracing
an astringent kiss from the past.