Box or an Urn

Box or an Urn

written by: Peter Kaczmarczyk

Box or an urn
I should not have to make this choice
I’d like to ask which you prefer
I might have once but as always
I have forgotten what you said
Just like the anniversaries that snuck up on me
Sitting behind my ankle as the cat always did
Ready to trip me up again when I took a sudden turn
On what should have been a slow curve
Though somehow, I would always bounce up
Try to laugh it off
Your stare burning into me
Till you cracked a smile and said ‘it’s okay’
Though I know it never was
We should have written it down
All the things we planned and then forgot
I always knew I would last longer
It was sure to unfold that way as God intended
I may not believe in a deity, but it matters not
They believe in me, they can control my destiny
The voice always telling me ‘Don’t bother’
I should have remembered
My memories are now scattered as the ashes will be

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Peter Kaczmarczyk

Peter Kaczmarczyk is a lifelong writer who only began to seriously pursue poetry in the last few years. Raised in Massachusetts, Peter was willing to leave the comfort of Red Sox country when he learned there were Dunkin Donuts in Indiana. His writing is assisted by cats, who think they can do better than him by walking across the keyboard. Sometimes they do. Peter’s work has been included in over 70 journals and anthologies and he has published three chapbooks. He is co-creator of the Captain Janeway statue in Bloomington, Indiana.

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