In the Pauses......

In the pauses - 

when I have to wait - 

when I have little thoughts -  

put behind the gate - 

of my mind:

‘I’ll do it later’ - 

‘I will remember...’ - 

brilliant orange or lime green 

sticky notes remind me of 

my thought - no drifting away 

to remember tomorrow 

or next week

or never

when it’s too late 

because more life has 

cropped up to be played 

afraid I’ll miss something 

my mother said 

but I miss so many things - 

these thoughts don’t stick 

unless 

they are lime green or brilliant orange

and stick to the table in front of me.

“Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?”

~ Sigmund Freud