One Piece by Michael S. Morris

A Cat's Cradle

What was her name...?
But I could not remember...
saying, she was my goddaughter

But I hadn't been back
in thirty years and lost
touch with all those from home

Even though we had telephones
the transmissions across continent
soon ceased and a holy bond broken

We were by the ice cream freezer
two old acquaintances transmigrating
memory from west to east

In our youths, from the same burg
ending up in the same burg, hugging
whenever we crossed paths, saying

Have you seen, have you heard from--
our territories of remembrance
a cat's cradle between our hands

{Poem by Michael S. Morris}