ASHES OF MEMORY

by Dr. Rick McGrath, Ph.D.
(Modesto)

ASHES OF MEMORY

The allure of a distant warmth
Discovering images past and present
A reflection appears from within
Ashes of the past come to memory.

Time passes on as a drifting leaf
Reflection from the soul’s wick
Shadows appear in remembrance
From a sleeping thought awakened.

As darkness once now a light
From the tongue it confessed
The taste of memory bitter sweet
Better to have lived and loved.

From the ashes of my memory.

Written by Dr. Rick McGrath, Ph.D.