Liquid Memories

Memories form like an icicle
Sharp then dull
Clouded by the winter air
Solid at first

But time passes
The icicle melts
What was once very apparent
Is now a foggy puddle
Seeping slowly into the ground
deep into the cracks of the Earth

Some fall too far
Gone forever

But for others
Spring comes again
Ice is now water
Reborn it rises above us
Into the clouds

And just when a memory feels distant
It comes back down
In showers this time
An emotional swirls

Louder!
Raindrops multiply
Banging on the roofs of cars and houses
Wanting to be heard

Thunder booms
Lightning strikes
More dramatic than before
A final roar into the night

Is it for nothing?
It all ends the same

by Ruby K.