Vanishing Memories

Lost in thought I cast away all the worries of the world

Trapped within my own soul

Stories that were once etched in my heart

Now lost in the subconscious, alas no console

Happy incidents from my childhood I once had

Albeit not much in quantity

But as I grew older, other adventures began

The stories got replaced, losing their sanctity

Youth set in, many distractions came my way

First love happened, everyone remembers all the details

Should have taken more pictures

Cause lost memories is all that prevails

Starting a family, yeah love happened again

The turmoils of life kept coming

I braved through them all

No foresight into what I was becoming

Had my first look at an old age home

Yes I had grown so old, time doesn’t wait

Independence is what I preferred

Didn’t want to pressure my kids, so pulled my own weight

Left all alone within the concrete room

Reminiscing old memories is what I do all day

If only they lay in wait for my beck and call

To not lose them, any price I would pay

Losing my memories seems like I can’t escape

If only one could bottle up memories like perfume

The power to hold all stories at one’s fingertip

The stories I know I have and would like to exhume