wanting to – remember
needing to – remember
yet unable to – remember…
(thoughts strewn random – un-collectable).
pleading,
desperately –
yet adamant.
the mind –
however,
unyielding…
(uncontrolled chaos – borderline dementia).
memories collected –
haphazardly –
disorganized sanity…
(thin, the line between what is and what should be).
and standing guard –
the one called – father –
ageless sentinel
surveying all –
yet seeing –
nothing!
standing too close to the edge 