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Catch Me
By surprise.
There’s a remnant of a memory
In the corner of my mind
Hard to discern and interpret
Something I’ve left behind
It feels like it’s an entity
A spirit haunting me
Is it an unheard message
I wish I could see
And understand the reason
Why memories persist
And fray me round the edges
Impossible to resist
One day I’m sailing freely
The next restrictions tie me down
One day a smile on the dial
Next day replaced by a frown
Is it a genetic abnormality
Passed down through generations
Or behaviour learnt when young
And complex machinations
Wherever or whenever
It lurks, ready to leap
And catches me by surprise
Often in my sleep
I wish I knew a remedy
Or liberating panacea
To remove me from this feeling
This preconceived idea
©
David Rudder
2026
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