Memories

Alone he sat
With memories
Moments in time
Long ago
Saved in a jar
Held tenderly
Never opened
Least one escape
He had a life
Once
No longer
Possessions lost
Hope stolen
Reality fading
Only the jar
Of memories past
Left
Nothing else
No one
Not even himself
His reality
A jar
Reliving memories.

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