Faces and names lost in haze and dark <br />Hurts and blames always leaving their mark <br />Pain and lies only sink into grey <br />Lovers and friends gradually fade away <br />Towers of power brought down low <br />Where? All there in memory’s shadow <br /> <br />A promise made down on one knee <br />A first kiss made under an ancient oak tree <br />An action of hate against a community <br />Consequences revealed in a moment of clarity <br />A shot to the head not painful or slow <br />All held right there in memory’s shadow <br /> <br />Snapshots of a time long since past <br />Fragments salvaged in hope they will last <br />Pieces of horror we do not want to keep <br />Slices of life to make grown men weep <br />A farewell to a beauty to whom love we did show <br />Will always be caught there in memory’s shadow <br /> <br />The good and the bad locked behind closed doors <br />Offering an angel’s joy, or pain of festering sores <br />To drive the mind into torment or to set it free <br />To make sure I remember you and you also do me <br />From the first spark of light to Death’s diminishing glow <br />All is there to be found in memory’s shadow<br /><br />Anthony Lund<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/memory-s-shadow/
