Memories

The "perils" and advantages of ageing

 MEMORIES

 

Exercise those little grey cells

Recall what went before.

 But you may confuse the details

Of what happened in days of yore.

 

You'll remember how you impressed your peers

With your skills, without any flaws

 But if you met those friends today

Would their version be like yours.

 

But we all seem to be Walter Mitty's

 Only remembering what we want to see.

For our memories are our private comfort.

When we're not sure what we'd like to be.

 

Then somehow contentment takes over

When our limitations are clear

For though you may lose the competitive urge

Your pride now has nothing to fear.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Great rhyme & rhythm thru-out this upbeat ditty to celebrate the pros & cons of having a creative memory. I love & agree with all your poetic suppositions, plus there's always a justification -- we're writers! We just exercise creative license when someone's memories about a situation don't match my own! I just read a book in 2 days (very compelling) about trying to reach the summit of K2 & this one climber dies, along with 3 Sherpas. Afterwards, team members make up s**t about the dead guy, saying he was fat & unfit to be climbing in the Himalayas! Man! With climbing partners like that, it's enuf to make you want to go it solo (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Norman 223]

The thing that intrigues me ,Margie, is that I can remember details of when I was a small kid, but recent events are a complete blank. As I seem t o have outlived all my associates of that era, I think I'm immune to contradiction.
......Have I told you about..........???
(((Hugs))) Norm

[barleygirl]

Last evening I posted a Facebook conversation I just had -- it proves that almost any guy could hit me up on FB & he could claim to have gone to bed with me, since my youthful memories are so sketchy! Lots of people have helped me piece together my youth in recent years . . .

[Norman 223]

But I wonder how good THEIR memories are.......
.....

[barleygirl]

That's exactly what I'm saying! Why should I believe THEM!?!??!

[Norman 223]

Just believe in yourself - that's my motto.