Skull Jacket

Autumn is never beating the 'my least favorite season' allegations.

Photo by Kelvin Vega on Unsplash

What makes loss sting even 
more is when you have nothing 
to remind you of them except 
your memories. But those can be 
a double-edged-sword as mementos 
metastasize into anchors 
hooked to the remaining heart string 
that tears you every which way
except the future.

Memory becomes a condemnation
that makes the inside …