POEM
Sometimes
At night
While lying in bed
Drenched with the sweat of memories
The scents and flavors
Of memories waft away–
Sweet
With remembrances of love given and received
Bitter
With longings and hopes, unfulfilled
Sour
With regrets over mistakes made in the course of learning
Salty
With tears, both happy and sad
Memories of a life
Sometimes well lived
At times, coherent with purpose
At times, with failures to reconcile.
Memories from which to distill
An incense, like no other
To offer
To the gods above.
