Memories

Moments come and go
but memories often linger

Watching us in silence
Amazed and dumbfounded
at how proud, over-confident
yet confused and foolish
we are.

"Master, come and listen!", they shouted.
"Master, don't you remember?"
"Master, please don't forsake us!", they plead.

But our heads turned to look not.
For the ears have long forgotten how to listen.
And the eyes have long forgotten how to see

And into the dark corners they crawled back
orphaned, unwanted, abandoned.

drenched in tears
drowning in agonizing pain
until they are remembered no more

and death becomes them.