POETRY
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A Moment Fragmented
A moment fragmented
Against a lifetime
Of similar moments
A life shattered
Well before it’s time
Those moments
Replayed, rewound, and reworked
Those moments reconstructed
Into a tolerable shadow
Forever following
Forever protecting
Forever warning
Forever recalling
Those moments
Where life was fragmented
Forever forestalling
Advancement and growth
Forever focusing
Upon the past
And everything it implies
About the future
Another moment
Another fragmentation
Another destruction
Another shadow
Another protection
Another warning
Another follower
Just more weight
To carry into the future
Just more weight
To hold me in place
Just more weight
To remember
Just more
Just another
Just me
Reliving a moment
All those moments
Again
This poem is from the book A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken