by vrosej10
/...the secrets severed what was sweetest
Before you ceased../ is killer, very good, first rate
/Eventually though, time creases all the memories most unfolded,/
/Softening them somehow and I'm much older now/ is not, "creases all the memories most unfolded," sounds awkward
I feel you would be far better off to concentrate on weeding verbiage, you have the writing part down pat.