tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post6572722577951720150..comments2023-06-28T22:58:28.247+10:00Comments on Sixth In Line: MemoryElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-20020126132311003422009-06-12T23:41:13.192+10:002009-06-12T23:41:13.192+10:00Thoroughly enjoyed this post, especially the secti...Thoroughly enjoyed this post, especially the section about the table. Memory fascinates me especially the fact that we hold it on high as nigh on irrefutable and yet, in my experience, it is wholly unreliable. I find very often that what I find myself bringing to mind are composite pictures, photo fits if you will, cobbled together from similar events. I don't trust memories. They present fuzzy truths as best.<br /><br />I wrote this poem recently which you may find of some interest. <br /><br /><b>Handle With Care</b><br /><br />Unremembered things stay true.<br />Every time we recall the past<br /><br />we risk spoiling it and it<br />becomes harder to believe in.<br /><br />The cost of remembering<br />is the loss of memories.<br /><br />I still dream you now and then.<br />At least I expect I still do.<br /><br /><br />Saturday, 19 January 2008Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com