Post Dated Appointment Poem by fiona sinclair

Post Dated Appointment



Post dated appointment



Since we were cleft;
I have not held you in my mind
in case you stayed.

Now as I age towards your last age,
your eyes surprise me in the car mirror,
my hair arranges itself in your style,
a faux fur coat recalls your glamour in my glass,
my mouth remembers your words.

These negatives of your image surface
to remind me I remain the curator of your memory.
At present, I am unable to catalogue
the chaos of your life since my own past is
knotted amongst the tangle.
But I accept we have a post dated appointment, here

Monday, November 24, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: mother daughter
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A daughter can not come to terms with her mother's past
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