Memories…
Memories fade, no matter how good.
No matter horrific.
No matter how romantic.
Time takes it toll on memories too,
Making memories guests,
To be here for a moment or two.
So many things which made me cry,
No longer do.
Now I struggle to remember, why, they made me cry.
So many things which made me smile,
No longer do,
Now it takes a while to remember, why, they made me smile.
Memories fade, no matter how bad.
Memories of death.
Memories of birth.
Futile may I say it would be,
To hold onto them unnecessarily.
Why hold onto something which can never be mine.
For it will evaporate too,
As a glass full of wine.
I must learn to let go..
Let go of these memories,
Which are here but for a moment or two.
I thought perhaps whoever goes away from me,
The memories would be mine forever.
This isn’t the case however,
As memories fade away and too betray …
Memories fade, no matter how good.
No matter horrific.
No matter how romantic.
Time takes it toll on memories too,
Making memories guests,
To be here for a moment or two.
So many things which made me cry,
No longer do.
Now I struggle to remember, why, they made me cry.
So many things which made me smile,
No longer do,
Now it takes a while to remember, why, they made me smile.
Memories fade, no matter how bad.
Memories of death.
Memories of birth.
Futile may I say it would be,
To hold onto them unnecessarily.
Why hold onto something which can never be mine.
For it will evaporate too,
As a glass full of wine.
I must learn to let go..
Let go of these memories,
Which are here but for a moment or two.
I thought perhaps whoever goes away from me,
The memories would be mine forever.
This isn’t the case however,
As memories fade away and too betray …
Copyright © Ambalika Banerjee, 2006
posted by Cobainess - ambalika at Friday, August 25, 2006
12 Comments:
Hmmm... at first, I thought it's your prerogative whether you wanna hold onto them or let go, but then chatting with this female I know... she actually said something that made sense for the first time... that you don't have a choice, they do fade away...
But one thing yaar.. why are they all centred around this one .. shall I say.... anomaly in your life right now?
Reading yout blog makes it kinda obvious that you're obsessing over this specific anomaly way too much.
No offence.. atleast you write..!! Look at me... hehe...
ash to ash , dust to dust, fade to black.........
i do not think memories fade away just like that.
she stands there looking into my eyes
she walks towards me, hesitating for just a moment
is it fear or is it infinte love of being possesd.
i do not know
coz my eyes don;t see anymore
its just her image that's burnt into my eyes......refusing to go away no matter how hard i cry
this is something that came to my mind after reading your post
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why do you write such sad poems? Have you no happines in your life?
Or is it just the other way round...that you seek sadness...justlike the desert people write songs about the rain... perople in cold countries write poems about sunny days .... and generally everyone wrtes poems about love....everyone writes poems/songs about someting that is missing in their lives.... do you miss being sad? - Preet
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Thanks Rohit, for your comment. Actually.. memories do fade.. not just like that, but they do. That is what i wanted to say. So many times we are disillusioned by love or hate.. But there is a point in our lives when those feelings just evaporate.. This poem, actually all of mine, are very "me" specific.. so thats how I know..
:) thanks again!
Thanks Estrella.. I wrote something..
Flying in the sky,
above the sky-scrappers of NY city,
there she is..Estrella-Estupenda.. The brightest star,there can be..
I have gone mad!
I luv your perspective, so I'm not going to reply to it per se.
Its like wishing for something scarce..I wish it was like that. But there is no dearth of tears in my life right now! But I love ur point of view, its definitely a first.
babe what a portrait
PORTRAIT? Ha ha..well it is a digitally enhanced picture.. I have not done anything, u see my computer did it all!
really..how could one comment.. ur poems say it all.. u're gifted, u know :)
Amba, I loved it, it brought tears to my eyes for two reasons. Firstly, I don't know why my little sis is surrounded by so much blackness and secondly, you are right...I try very hard to hold onto Papa's memories, in order not to lose them but they are slipping...fast.
Can't wait to see you. Just remember one thing, you can not justify love till the time you feel no sadness, you can not feel the essence of a person till the time you don't feel them gone.
I love you tons and we need to talk.
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