Precious Memories

​Our past screams
of places we loved
experiences tucked deeply inside 
surfacing to provide poignant moments 
screaming screaming screaming
​throwing indelible visions of every person we do and have cherished
into these minds we've sworn to satiate with calm

Simple words or gestures or photos
or passing persons who look or act or gesticulate
in a manner pulsating with past events or locales or dear ones
trigger the buried consciousness
buried so shallowly we are powerless
when remembrances choose to burst forth
enveloping us in cerebral tsunamis of emotion

Every wave followed by another
chain of impassioned connection 
memory upon memory 
smiles joy heartbreak tears 
bringing with them inevitable desire
to hold touch view every object of love
past and present

They follow us
living within our creation
part of where we were are and will be
proctors of our progress
historians of our actions
indicators of empathy passion compassion
as they measure our growth

Our happiness and pain
greatly amplified
during this bombardment of intimate recall
reveals the best of us
silently responding to the screams
with unselfish love
born of precious memories

Facker
​June 1, 2019