So many regrets! What if we were all to visit the Museum of Mistakes? What might we learn? Our poet Dónall Dempsey is haunted, having seen too much … it is Day 773 of the Daily Poems.
The Museum of Mistakes
here in the Museum
of Mistakes
I wander among
the many exhibits
amazed
gasp at how stupid
people can be
look through
protective glass
at the ghost
of a love
my own face
reflected back at me
such finely crafted
heartbreak.
perfect little memories
glint cruelly
against the lights
displayed against
the stark contrast of
black velvet
I remember these
didn’t realise
how valuable
they were then
priceless
now.
I turn away
& cry
having seen too much
here
in my Museum
of Mistakes
the Past
comes back
to haunt me
Dónall Dempsey
