MEMORY

The sea her secrets shall deny

To the superficial eye

Knowing not the full extent

Her surface can but represent.

In the memory catacombs

Locked in long forgotten rooms

Misadventures left behind

Mock the peripheral mind

Hidden places, leafy lanes

Friends and parties, daisy chains

A fear, a smile, perhaps a sound

Lost in childhood there abound

Where deep within the earth shall be

A journey into history

Then diligence and time bestow

The truths that we have toiled to know

Sunlit grounds where couples wander

Arm in arm and futures ponder

How to gain access to these?

Taste and scent shall forge the keys

Potions may the root expose

That follow the way the adult grows

So, the fault identified,

The remedy may be applied.

B Appleton.

Elgin Street

Bolton?

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