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sifting through the past

Mellabopper

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sitting
skimming the past
as if it were an old book
i had read a million times.
each set of words brings old memories with it
do i dare bring these old times to the surface again?
most aren't even my own memories
for they belong to another
and i risk bringing up the memories of times past.
but my memories, how i love them so
remembering old friends who i used to talk to
but who don't come around here anymore.
even friends i used to talk to
that are still around
but somehow the strong friendship faded
how i miss them all.
but realizing that we must move on.
evolve.
some try to forget the past
however i dive into the past
swimming around in what has happened
taking each thing learned
with me into the future.
and dripping with memories
i smile and laugh and cry at all that has happened.
but most of all i wonder at the mystery that is life.
and the mystery that i have grown into who i am now.
i see how friends have changed
and maybe how past memories have made them grow.
maybe some things are better left in the past,
but i can't bring myself to forget them
for every experience - large or small
makes up the pieces that are my life.
and i would not be complete without each piece.
so for all of the pieces all of you have given me,
thank you.
1-10-02 (12:40am)
Mellabopper
 
And maybe the best part is, by using what we will learn in the future to re-examine the past, we can learn from it time and time again.
Wonderful, Mell. Thanks. :)
 
this is what it's all about, mella.
but realizing that we must move on.
evolve.
once again, you make me look at things in a new light. i run from so many memories, hide them so deep. i guess its because a lot more of my memories are painful than happy. but its nice to have a reminder that the past in some way shaped who we are today, and i like to think i'm a better person now than i was a year ago, or 2 years ago, so i must have had some memories worth remembering.
and there it is, in the last line of my sig...
 
mella-
i haven't been around, and in consequence haven't experienced your work for some time...
wonderful to do so
this type of expression-in my opinion, is the only available answer to the important-but nevertheless rhetorical questions
be well girl-
peace
 
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