Slipped From Memory! (Inspired By Emily Dickinson's Poem) Poem by Savita Tyagi
Slipped From Memory! (Inspired By Emily Dickinson's Poem)
Reading Emily Dickinson's poem
‘A cloud withdrew from sky....'
I glanced at her time line-
She passed away at the age of fifty six.
A very young age by the standard of today's average life span.
It has been a favorite poem of mine; but today
The thought of poem struck me like a thunderbolt!
Had she lived longer would she have reflected
More upon pain of memory loss.
Memory is not always so hermetic.
It drains through the tulle of aging mind
Like water siphons through sand.
How peevishly I am becoming aware of this
Faculty of mind being subdued or unresponsive.
The tight walls of memory are crumbling
And crumbling fast!
Time is her accomplice and co-conspirator.
Together they are robbing me of all my precious experiences
Steadily and conspicuously.
I try to hold on to it but when reminded of some past tale,
I realize how much of it is lost, never to be found again.
Oh! How I wish to look at a cloud and its auxiliaries,
Be mindful of it and preserve it all in my memory,
But it floats away in oblivion ever so swiftly
To become trapped in dark dungeons of brain,
Like those sought after words of vocabulary
I struggle to find and recall from memory
When expressing a thought in poetry.
Slipped from memory is not good at all, but in poem it is funny, ..................... and need to read and comment, ... wonderfully penned, thanks for sharing the poem with us
Loss of memory is a thing to worry. Some natural loss of memory may be a blessing in disguise. Memory is cloudy how beautifully compared.
This is exactly how I feel Savita! I was so good at spellings in my college days...! Now I struggle to spell even ordinary words! Aging and loss of memory go in tandem! You have beautifully and touchingly brought out the waning of faculties! Still we have to be thankful that we are able to accomplish so much and retain at least some things in our memory, though not all, while many in our age suffer from Alzheimer's!
A beautiful poem that captures the core of 'A cloud withdrew from sky....' Such a pragmatic draft! I have read many poems of Emily Dicknson but I had a divided attention to this poem! Memory loss especially in old age is very commonly felt! I had repeated reading of your last nine lines!
A well executed poem on memory after inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem ‘A cloud withdrew from sky....' has been touchingly and exquisitely inscribed here by you relating to life. Thanks for sharing this gem.10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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A marvelous poem that touches on the realities of life. Memory loss is a problem that affects most people, to a degree. It interferes with our daily lives. A.great piece beautifully crafted and well executed.10