(Re)play

The memories resonate
                   play in my head again
                                    and again.

And they replay,
     as the emotions
                   force      their way
                                      to the surface.
     They don’t always make it through
          (I don’t think)
                   but they are still there.
                                  Right there.
                                  Close.

I also play and
       replay alternates and
                continuations and
                eventual possibilities
                       that haven't happened – yet.

                But they exist.

They aren’t real, but they could happen.
                           They could eventually occur.
                           They could be.

Maybe they are unresolved issues
     I need to figure out
               how to deal with.
Or maybe they are emotions
     that are trying to create a story
           that I might      eventually      be able to
                             discover
                    if I would or
                         could
                             acknowledge them.