Member Poem

MEMORIES

MEMORIES, GOOD AND BAD,
ALL KINDS OF MEMORIES, WE HAVE OR HAVE HAD,
MANY FEELINGS, MEMORIES CAN BRING,
THEY CAN MAKE US HAPPY OR MAKE US SING,
OR MAKE US CRY OR MAKE OUR HEART STING,
THEY CAN GO IN A FLASH OR KEEP LINGERING,
MEMORIES, MEMORIES,
EVEN IF THEY ARE GONE IN A BLINK,
FOR HOURS, THEY CAN MAKE US THINK,
MEMORIES, WHAT THINGS THEY CAN DO,
THEY COME WHEN THEY WANT, OUT OF THE BLUE,
THEY CAN BE WRONG OR TEACH US SOMETHING NEW,
NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT IS,
MEMORIES CAN COME THROUGH,

THERE ARE THINGS THAT MEMORIES HELP US VIEW,
THEY CAN BE FALSE AND THEY CAN BE TRUE,
OVER RIVERS OF SECRETS,
THEY CAN MAKE US CANOE,
SOMETIMES, WHEN WE ARE ABOUT TO CONCLUDE,
AN IMPORTANT MEMORY, BRINGING NEWS,
MIGHT CHANGE WHAT WE HAD PLANNED TO DO,
FOR THEY CAN UNSCREW BOTTLES OF TRUTHS,
MEMORIES, MEMORIES,
GOOD OR BAD,
ALL KINDS OF MEMORIES WE HAVE OR HAVE HAD,
SOME MEMORIES MAKE US CONFUSED,
OTHER MEMORIES MAKE US AMUSED,
MEMORIES, MEMORIES, OLD OR NEW,
WE NEVER KNOW WHAT THINGS THEY REVEAL.