Memories

The old photograph emerged,

From the tattered depths.

The murky black pool,

Though it was encour’ged,

By its importance.

 

Like a bottomless pit.

The cosmic black hole.

Slowly moving its course,

For old and wizened was it.

 

The woman and daughter,

Were once my own.

But long ago,

They had gone.

 

 

Now I sit and weep,

At the house we had together.

The charred mattress’ now ash,

Where my daughter used to sleep.

 

The old photograph fell to the ground,

Now in its rightful place.

It splishes lightly in the murky depths.

The depths in which I had drowned.

 

Upon the blackened floor I lay,

I dive into the waters,

Though now they are clear.

And I shall stay.

 

My last breath before age takes me;

“And I shall stay.”

Author's Note

The waters are his memories. I've had to explain that.

Reviews

[Vishuddha]

So, why not say "I dive into the waters of my memories"? Or "The murky black pool of my memories"? I would like another stanza defining the woman the way you have written about the daughter's charred mattress - very effective. "My last breath before age takes me"? Are you speaking of death? No, because you stay. They are gone but I stay? Can you clarify, because, this is a good piece and the end is always of utmost importance.

[Lord Guru]

well, its supposed to be kind of an abstract. I don't want to directly say it, but i explained in the description because unfortunately, I've had too many people not understand it.

[Lord Guru]

Also, "And I shall stay". He dies, so hes staying with the remains of the house that his family died in during a fire. Its as close as he can get to being with his family.

[Vishuddha]

Ah, then the house is full of ghosts - but, you say that long ago they had gone. So, no. He stays and thus, he becomes the ghost and never joins the family he yearns for? A price to be paid for living in your own past.

[Lord Guru]

not the intended outcome, but I guess so. He is old, he knows he will succumb to age soon, so he goes back to the house to rest peacefully.