i had an epiphany yesterday.

a poem about holding onto the idea of letting go.

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

i had an epiphany yesterday

and then i lost it.

i wonder where

missing thoughts go

and i’m trying to decide

if i would visit the location of

everything i’ve forgotten about

if i could find it.

if i had the option

to recall what you looked like

when your mouth spoke the words

i love you, i would decline.

i am learning that

everything that slips from your grip

is supposed to go away.

i used to fear my forgetfulness

but now i thank it.

the memories that flee

create space for recollections

i want to hold onto, and not

everything is meant to

find a place in a

scrapbook.

some of it is nothing more than scraps,

no matter how much any of it

used to mean to me

back in the day.

☽