October 24, 2017

REMINDERS

Reminders remain on the sidewalk

of my life like autumn leaves fallen down

from trees that once were so, so green.

Reminders - like match books in a clear

glass  jar on a table by the door with the

names of so many restaurants we went to,

so many conversations we had and some

we never finished …. . Remind me:

we need to talk. Reminders: death prayer

cards from too many funerals; bubble gum

baseball cards from when we were kids….

A song in the background while walking

into a store.... An old black and movie

on Turner Classics .... A faded T-shirt used

to wrap an 8 ½ by 11 inch wedding picture

of my parents - under glass that was on 

a side table in our living room all through 

our growing up years - but now is in a box
under my bed - looked at once and a while …. Reminders....Routinely reminding me…. 
about what happened. Tell me more....

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017