Slap of the Hand

What if...

it’s memories

that fool around,

making you up

as you go

out into the crowd

...the face of a clown

mirrored in the

back of the mind...

Is it some migraine

or your heart

that pounds

like a fist...!

Asking if you haven’t

yet got the gist?

Vague allusions of

being some sort

of stupid ----

But that’s not it!

You were

the skipper

prowling after

happiness...

and blew it off

with a puffered kiss!

Do you remember this?

the curly hair

and pony tail

the sense of envy

in the market square...

Guilt has you licked

with its tides

snuffing out

the stars

in the iris

of your abyss...

You will always

ponder the sting

of your

misplaced wish...

and delve

haplessly

after it...

06.28.20

Drowning in emotions challenge @LiannaC