Evocative poem! For some years, in an ongoing effort to perfect myself --which my daughter, especially, has always thought silly-- I have been learning how to forget. A retentive memory is a tough opponent, but has allowed me some progress with bad memories and some exaggeration of good memories. Maybe we never stop learning how to have a past.
It's tricky, this memory thing ... I'm sure I see some with rose colored glasses, others I've conveniently forgotten ... and that's okay, we get to decide these things, we're big kids now :)
And to remember...
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DeleteEvocative poem! For some years, in an ongoing effort to perfect myself --which my daughter, especially, has always thought silly-- I have been learning how to forget. A retentive memory is a tough opponent, but has allowed me some progress with bad memories and some exaggeration of good memories. Maybe we never stop learning how to have a past.
ReplyDeleteIt's tricky, this memory thing ... I'm sure I see some with rose colored glasses, others I've conveniently forgotten ... and that's okay, we get to decide these things, we're big kids now :)
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