whose memory?

©2023 michael raven

whose memories,
if not mine?

cast iron woodfire
cooking & smoke
coffee & enameled
mug

shuttersnap chatter
laughter, longing
to linger here this
world without end
not return again
to the nightmare
haunted dream
knowing these
kisses always fade
with morning mists
over a lake

flickering sunlight
filtered, locust drone
late afternoon