Stuck (poem)

A poem about remembering lost love.

All copyright remains with the author. No use of any kind is permitted without express written permission from Melanie Heard.

Knee deep in a memory

She wished that he’d fly.

Or wriggle away.

Or wander.  Or die.

She hadn’t expected

To feel this so soon….

“Why didn’t you help me?”

She sent to the moon.

Hip deep in a memory

She drank in his eyes.

And let him weave magic.

And tremors. And lies.

How did this happen?

She thought him so wrong.

She shouldn’t have listened

She didn’t fight long.

Waist deep in a memory

She longed to be free.

To escape from this madness

That slapped only she.

Trapped by his words.

Held captive amazed.

She stood there, and gawked

For days upon days.

Shoulder deep in a memory

She fell through his hands.

And became his conglomerate

Like water in sand.

He wanted to know her.

She’d never know him.

She stood by his wall

As her brilliance grew dim.

Neck deep in a memory

Gasping for air.

She wished he would leave her

So she couldn’t care.

She sank in the memory

Till it shut out the light.

And wished she had not…

Met that memory that night.