What Makes Us, Us?

Remembering can be a bad thing!

                                                            

Such complex beings we are--such a complicated

mix of our past and the present. A cutting remark is said,

and 20, 30, 40 or more years later, we still remember it,

like it was yesterday--for some reason, we recall that nasty bit

of conversation, when we can't recall what we had for lunch,

that little snippet of conversation packs quite a wicked punch.

 

 

***

 

We carry the scars throughout our lifetime, and they control

our every action. We know we should just let it go,

but we're helpless--it takes on its own perpetual power,

coming back to haunt us in the dark of the long night, and towers

over us like a living thing, telling us what to say.

From so long ago it shapes us, to this very day.

Reviews

[marcus]

well they say, ignorance is bliss!
Memory is such a funny thing!!

[Marie]

That's very true. And that's why we should watch the things we say. One careless word could scar someone else for life.

[Michael Stevens]

Yep, I've see too many people scared for life, thanks Marie!