KNOW THYSELF | HEAL THYSELF September, 2024
If Time Was a Burglar
I‘d hide my memories in a bottle
As part of Know Thyself | Heal Thyself September themes, Diana C. asked people to consider writing about “all the things time couldn’t take from you.”
What Time Can’t Take Away From Me
If time was a burglar, there are things I wouldn’t want it to steal from me:
Not the love I feel, nor the memories I hold onto so tightly;
Not the pain of past suffering, nor the heaviness of broken hearts and trust.
I want to hold all those things in my memory bank that is overflowing.
I remember being told “be still; time heals,” I once wanted to believe it.
The pain was intense and I wanted it to dissipate.
But it didn’t. That’s not how pain and painful memories work.
Later, as the physical pains may have subsided, the memories didn’t.
Whether it’s the grief of a human loss, or the pain from a grievance once encountered, time doesn’t take them away from me.
Time may ease the burden, soften the blow, or even close up the hole to some extent.
But time won’t take away the memories. I don’t fight…
