Image: © Claire Trotti
Author: Claire Trotti
I just want to forget
The dazzling sky
Interspersed with clouds I ignored
I think there was a meadow
A pond filled with lilies
And distant pine trees
But I cannot recall
The sun’s caress
The soil’s touch
The lilies’ perfume
The trees’ height
Was the pond emerald
Or sapphire?
I don’t know
I just remember the tempest
The pain of leaving
Burnt by the blaze’s breath
And bathed in the sky’s tears
I reached home
Rocking between the wish to remember
And the urge to forget
I liked this place
Picnicing on the grass
Bathing in the waters
Sleeping on the moss
But I want to forget
This scorched earth.