Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Paper Time Machines

 Paper Time Machines

Handwritten collections composed

or addressed are much more than

just scriptures or thoughts,

Scribbles and notes of scattered

ideas, memoirs of battles

been fought


Paper that's folded and perfectly

creased holding onto the

secrets of many,

A vessel for words one might like

to say whether seldom

and few or of plenty


Reminders of moments we would

like to relive, and of those one

might wish to forget

Stories unfold like scenes of a film,

your imagination to be as

wild as you'll let


A forgotten first love and the way

that you felt, you swore it was

together forever

Whirlwind affairs and stories of

lust and of things that you

swore you would never


Reminiscent hysterics of yesterdays

gone, evoking the same

fits of laughter

An echo of sorts to a time we

once were, a replication of

happily ever after


Pages with faded crayons and

smiles, a few misspelled

words never mattered

A mother's reunion any time feels

lonely, now that her small

family is scattered


Timeless encounters of those who

have passed, each letter can

bring them to life

Bring a grown man to tears while he

falls to his knees as he reads

the last words of his wife


One man's hello and another's

goodbye, a dear Jon that

still holds it's pain

Each stain like a scar, each stain

a reminder catching tears as

though they were rain


Cherish each note, letter and

card each one is a key

that unlocks

A timeline of sorts, a preservation

of life, paper time machines

kept in a box




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