Scratching Memories - James Warner
I remember
the salt and sand on mustard coloured shores
superman capes
yummy strawberry dreams
I stepped on a hedgehog
I remember
cloudless skies on land that shook
staple bombs
disrupting the brown murky depths
summer splashing away days
I remember
crying white lightning and freezing hands
bronze medal moments
chewed and lost
never to catch my mother's warm blue gaze
I remember
yellow nicotine fingers with a red faced fuse
ears pricked and wild eyes
wait to snap and demean
my example of a man
I remember
legless daddy and muddy pants
alcohol breath
slurred scarlet wine lies, stained white shirt
my example of a man
I remember
amongst fog and chaos on a silent hill
scratched on the stone walls of nothing
buried in the colours of the now
Contributor's Note
I am James Warner. I'm doing a bachelors degree in Screen and Media with a major in English. I hope to go from university into writing and directing my own films and using this goal as motivation to continue to write and be creative.