This week’s #FWF prompt from Kellie Elmore asks us to consider this:
Today you have been granted the opportunity to go anywhere, do anything, meet anyone, travel in time…whatever you wish, it is yours. Now, there’s a catch. (Isn’t there always?) When you wake up tomorrow… you will not remember any of it.
Would you still choose to take the offer? Can you drink in the moment and enjoy it knowing you will have no recollection of what happened? Think about it? How important is a memory? In a time when every moment is documented via social media, photographs and video. We have lost the ability to just ‘breathe in’ and enjoy what is right in front of us because we interrupt the moment by grabbing our phone to post about it on Facebook, or snap a picture and share it on Instagram or try to define the moment in a 140 character tweet. Think about it…
I did give this considerable thought and came up with the following.
More poetry, but that’s what the muse ordered … for now …
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No Thank You
Too much of Life
Already lost.
Too many memories
Trapped I know not
Where.
Locked away.
Too painful?
Perhaps, but happy
Times obscured
There, too. Why
Consider more
Of this?
Why engage in the
Sabotage of a memory
Already crying for
Moments lost and times
Forgotten?
No thank you.
Henceforth
Memories
Are mine to keep,
Lest at the end
For life
I weep.
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Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
Copyright Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 
I really like how this starts melancholy and careful, in a way we can all relate to, and then manages to smooth out the confusion and take an inspiring stand! Beautiful!:-D
Thanks so much. … Yes, who knows where the free writing experience will take us. It’s magical. … Be well and thanks for visiting. … Dorothy 🙂
Dorothy, you have such a way with words. You take one on a journey through your free writing mindset and I love that about reading you. It’s perception and deep introspect that I love about the free writing challenge. Thanks for a great read.
Beautiful!
And nice take on the prompt, it didn’t even come to me to say no to the offer! Haha.
I honestly cannot think of anything I would love to do only to have the memory stolen from me. Having already blocked out a lot of my memories as a protective mechanism I would find that to be just too painful. I want to remember everything good. … Thanks for leaving a comment. … Be well, Dorothy 🙂
Very nice.
Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful Dorothy! Loved the lines > Why engage in the, Sabotage of a memory,
Already crying for, Moments lost and times
How often do we sabotage the memories although innocently our remembrance is often spotty at best some times. Great writing!
Thanks, Mark. When I look back it saddens me to realize just how disengaged with life I was for so long because it was simply too painful to be there. As I walk this new path I am determined to feel and experience each moment for what it is and the memory it may become ~ good or otherwise. I’ve lost enough of my life in the aftermath of others’ dysfunction and pain. Ain’t goin’ there again. 😉 … Be well, Dorothy 🙂
Wow, I really loved this! “Why engage in the sabotage of a memory” awesome! thank you for sharing!
You’re most welcome. … Thank you for reading. It means a lot. … Be well, Dorothy 🙂
My pleasure!
Beautiful, pulsing poem. I felt like my heart was beating to it…
Wow! Thank you for that. What an awesome compliment. Thanks for visiting. … Dorothy 🙂