A Rush of Memories

Beat the block 10-day poetry challenge: Day 4: Past experiences leave an emotional imprint

Photo by Mafalda Ramos on Unsplash

I have a little sister
I do not know her name
We do share a parent
Well, that’s a bloody shame

One day I was waiting
For the dean to return
Idly contemplating
The mystic bamboo fern

Just then I saw two men
They walked towards me
I thought, what have we here…
Could this really be?

For one of these misters
Whose face resembled mine
Triggered Mom’s blisters
smarting, soaked in brine

He was daddy dearest
Someone I’d never seen
And really, to be honest
I was curious, not keen

And my father, he spoke
As we continued to linger
His voice, a croak
When he delivered his zinger

‘My daughter is in town,’ he said
‘She’s a very lovely girl’
I listened with a frown
For the…