Don't Turn Around challenge - The Prompt: Write a poem about the feeling that something is behind you.
You sense it before you see it. This challenge builds on anticipation and the fear of what stays just out of view.
Stay with that feeling of being followed or watched. The presence may never fully appear, but it should shape the poem’s movement and tone.
Think about how the tension sticks even when nothing is proven. What’s left unseen can feel just as strong as anything you show.
What the hell!
Please tell
me God
what is odd
about me
wanting to see
what is behind me
~
Memories gone
Even a song
my favorite tune
send me to the moon
Is my life as I know it
going to be over? Shit!
Bit by bit
~
"You passed the dementia quiz"
Said nurse Liz
"You can explain things too well"
Said Doctor Bell
The neuropsych said "No
markers for dementia, your low
score is attention,
so
If you are not paying attention
you won't remember"
~
"Your high score is multitasking, too.
You have too much to pay attention to
so you won't remember everything you do"
The cancer lady says,
"We will balance your hormones."
Give you something to assist with that.
The progesterone cream helped and what
a difference when I went off. No brain
and it wasn't a brain drain.
~
I have friends in dementia
and those fast approaching, Ya,
and am I one of those?
Just suppose
it has been right there
all the time, just waiting where
no one else could see,
back there watching me
lose it!
Oh shit!
About the Creator
Denise E Lindquist
Retired, working part-time as a Native American culture consultant. I have an MSE, and an ABD. I write on Vocal, and Facebook. Poetry, non-fiction mostly, and working on fiction. Wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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