TODAY'S

TODAY'S

Bare in Mind

A poem by Anna Atsu

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Anna Atsu
Apr 10, 2024
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Déjà-vu appearances, familiar and near,

Moments repeating, so unclear.

Are they mine, do they belong?

In whose memory, where do they throng?

…

A face in the crowd, a song in the air,

Déjà-vu's drive, personal bear.

Where did I hear it, where did I see?

Lost in time's trade, where do they flee?

…

Déjà-vu's riddle, simple and plain,

Was it you who said that? …

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