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A Clean Slate

Free Verse Poem

Ravyne Hawke
A Delicious Torment
Jan 6, 2025

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Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Sometimes I just want to forget
to throw memories out the window
or crash them through the pane —
bloody and shattered as they fall

Just discard all memories —
the good, the bad, but mostly the ugly
Give myself a clean slate
without the chalky residue of yesteryears

And who could blame me, but myself
if I looked at you cross-eyed
from lack of recognition?

That same blank stare
I gave to the camera at six years old
after awakening from a coma, memoryless

©2025 Lori Carlson. All rights reserved.

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A Delicious Torment
A Delicious Torment

Published in A Delicious Torment

A Delicious Torment is the personal blog of Lori Carlson where she jots down her disjointed thoughts, madness, and random ramblings.

Ravyne Hawke
Ravyne Hawke

Written by Ravyne Hawke

Writing Coach, Poet, Fiction Writer, Essayist, Artist, Dreamer | “Enlightenment is when a wave realizes it is the Ocean” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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