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<\/a><\/p>\nMEMORY\u2019S CHILD<\/p>\n
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Memory\u2019s child is crying<\/p>\n
Longing for the past,<\/p>\n
Mourning for those magic times<\/p>\n
Wishing they would last.<\/p>\n
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But memory\u2019s eyes will fantasize<\/p>\n
Those things which are no more,<\/p>\n
Never quite remembering how<\/p>\n
They really were before.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
This trick of turning things<\/p>\n
Mundane to quite unique<\/p>\n
Imagining them shining bright<\/p>\n
Even when they were quite bleak.<\/p>\n
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Happiness is not a relic<\/p>\n
To be dug up from the past<\/p>\n
It\u2019s more than merely memory<\/p>\n
Of something that did not last.<\/p>\n
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Joy is serendipity<\/p>\n
It comes in its own time<\/p>\n
It blesses unexpectedly<\/p>\n
Can\u2019t conjure the sublime.<\/p>\n
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Memory\u2019s child forgets<\/p>\n
How things used to be<\/p>\n
The mixture of the dark and light<\/p>\n
Glossed over by revery.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s no use longing<\/p>\n
For a mythic past<\/p>\n
Hope must be forward looking<\/p>\n
The sun will rise at last.<\/p>\n
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