Memories seep through tiny cracks
like a bird building a nest
you gather up all you can find
twigs, feathers, bits of trash
yet even concrete cannot seal you off completely
nothing stops the seeping
dripping in like
the water leaking into a metal bowl
from the pipe beneath the sink
slithering in like
the venomous snake who seeks refuge
in an unseen crevice in my garage wall
tiptoeing in like
the cat who moves through darkness
to appear where she wasn’t before
©SpiritLed 2014