Memories like Luggage

Bulging on the sides 

of our longings 

Bursting at the seams 

of our yearnings 

Hefty and painful 

light and playful
Lugged through swanky airports

dragged across grimy stations

hurled under narrow berths 

tossed inside overhead cabinets
cling to us like shadow 
our memories... 

Behind every masked smile

behind every single mile

After every heaving goodbye

and every promise of visit to try 

sob in heaps our memories...

They are our travel companions
these lingering shadows  

evading time zones 

traversing seas

waiting in security lines 

they follow us everywhere 

trudging for miles and miles...