REMINDERS
(Written in 1992)
Birthmarks,
They look so much larger
Now that I am older,
Reminding me of days
Gone by.
They bring back memories
I can't quite recall,
Like knowing there is
Something you're forgetting
That you need to remember.
Transient life reminds me
And sucks me dry,
While I struggle
To carry on
With my birthmarks.
But I don't want to recall
The mutating, painful
Travail that went into
Making them
My only inheritance.
