If ever there’s something to remember
Remember this:

Memories...they fade
The treasured and the ordinary
The loving and the humiliating
Like black smoke between your fingers
slipping through the cracks of your mind

Remember that time when -
Remember that song that -
Remember that person who -
Remember what he said about -
Remember what she about -

Just at the tip of the tongue
Just out of reach from your fingertips
So close
So close
and it disappears
Just
Like
That

You’ll forget about the place you grew up in
The room you spent countless hours in,
The toy you played with as a kid,
The voices and sounds you heard everyday
of the people you saw daily.
You’ll forget

Try to remember the touch of your grandmother
The face of your favorite teacher
The lines to the nursery rhyme that put you to sleep
The sweet scent of your mama
The comforting shoulders of your papa
Try to remember
Remember those moments

Because even though there might be a chance
That these memories might slip
Might fade
Might become distant
but they were there once,
Once a part of you
and maybe that’s enough
At least, for now.