Some of us are deleting
pictures and videos and
memories of people and
places and who we used
to be.
Others are trying to hold
on, gripping onto whatever
threads they can get a hold of,
trying to recover things and
conversations that were lost to
time and tragedy.
For the people trying to move on
and not be reminded of whatever
they had and all they've lost, I wish
you well and I hope you're
stronger than the things that coil
inside photo frames and secret
folders on unsuspecting screens.
For the ones who are trying to
remember, trying to find some
connection into pasts that
seem like someone else's;
out of a picture book or dusty
family albums of people you
don't recognise, I wish you luck
because to rediscover pasts that
have settled down quietly and
people who have moved on
to other lives is lonely and I
wish you courage, to someday
find what you're looking for,
so you too can join the rest of us
who are desperate to forget what
we know.