Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Film” by Thyuntamable1.

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Film

By Thyuntamable1

the better part of these episodes

gets cut short by melancholy

when I change the channels

in my life

but I’m slowly learning

to not be so in control

to go with the flow even if it blows me over

every now and again

I always get up a little stronger

than I was the last time I watched it all

play out

though I’m getting tired

of having to press rewind

in order to move forward

I wish I could forget

my traumas

as well as I can remember them

but who am I fooling

not even alcohol damage

can reach that part of my memory

I’ll be dealing

with these thoughts

for the rest of my life

I just have to not let them

cut me so deeply

I’m done with scars

I don’t need any more

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Copyright © Thyuntamable1

Previously published in Leaves Fall In May (2018).

Thyuntamable1 is a novelist, poet, and entrepreneur. The author, better known as KP Parker, started writing poetry in 2007. In 2015, they self-published their first poetry book, NAKEDINTHEDARK: Trilogy Book I. Their second poetry book, Leaves Fall In May: Trilogy Book II, was released in 2018. In 2021, the author released their first literary fiction novel, And So It Begins. One Four Three. The sequel, Metal Hearts Soft Souls, was published in 2023.

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