NaPoWriMo 2017, Day 21 -- an Ode,
To My Memories
Sealed not by birth nor by surgery or accident
Sealed only because some things need not be told
Not by promise to anyone except a promise to myself
Others for release of bursting head memories
Perhaps I'm selfish, I do enjoy reliving those moments
If that was a sin then is it still a sin to savor them now
Then you might ask, pray why won't you tell
And if you do ask I'll say my reasons I just won't release
Keep these to myself, smile or cry, I will enjoy
and mourn
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- Photo and Poem Copyright © 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
- Notes:
- - 1) The photo was taken while I was at one of my running away places (this may be true or 'truth embellished')
- - 2) Many of my poems are purely hypothetical if they relate to me or to my feelings, others a mixture of being true or untrue. This one is more truth than fiction.
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- I'm linked with Magaly Guerrero at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/04/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream.html
- I'm linked with Magaly Guerrero at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/04/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream.html
- - - and
- also to Day Twenty-one of NaPoWriMo, http://www.napowrimo.net/day-twenty-one-2/
- The instructions from Magaly: "I’m not exactly sure how old I was the first time I read “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”, by Harlan Ellison ... Can you imagine yourself being full of ideas and words and feelings and wants and urges and needs… and not being able to communicate them? Have you ever pictured yourself living in a world where you are not allowed to speak? ... (here she added 'we could add "for fear of punishment"'--which definitely did not apply to mine, at least anymore) ... I invite you to create a new poem inspired by the title of Ellison’s short story ... "]
- also to Day Twenty-one of NaPoWriMo, http://www.napowrimo.net/day-twenty-one-2/
- The instructions from Magaly: "I’m not exactly sure how old I was the first time I read “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”, by Harlan Ellison ... Can you imagine yourself being full of ideas and words and feelings and wants and urges and needs… and not being able to communicate them? Have you ever pictured yourself living in a world where you are not allowed to speak? ... (here she added 'we could add "for fear of punishment"'--which definitely did not apply to mine, at least anymore) ... I invite you to create a new poem inspired by the title of Ellison’s short story ... "]
Labels: Driving Pictures, Irregular Ode, NaPoWriMo 2017, Poem, Real Toads
posted by Jim @ 4/21/2017 10:11:00 AM
9 comments
9 Comments:
Yes, some things we keep to ourselves. Good one, Jim.
I love, love, love the idea of keeping mum for one's own pleasure. This world has used guilt as a weapon for too long. Way too long.
There is wisdom in keeping mum sometimes..Beautifully penned.
Keep mum and schtum, chum ;)
I like this...why should we expose everything? Sometimes silence is wisdom.
I love this:
"Others for release of bursting head memories"
I have felt that.
Not everyone can nor should they be required to speak about that which they prefer to keep silent.
We all have a right to our privacy, and to choose what we do or don't share.
People perhaps confess too much-- there is sense of honor here. K.
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