MEMORIES , by
Alma Pérez

The compliment of living.
Being aware of the outgoing beat...
Of hearts and minds.
At the dawn of each day ...remembering yesterday.
Then forgetting the past ...sometimes gentle,
sometimes cruel.

"Memories" ...some vibrant, passionate, moving.
Others; unforgettable, sinister, and painful.
But in the end ...memories.

"Memories" ...of the first love we sealed with a kiss...
and then on sagacious impulse ...complete surrender.
"Memories" ...of the last good-bye ...to our friends...
children ...and family.
Even strangers, in happy joyous times.

"Memories" ...memories ...memories.
with our image ...reflected in the mirror,
it projects us as adults; weaker ...but fortunate...
"Memories" ...a human comedy, the theatre of life;
that speaks at every turn ...of the existing soul...
¡of a living soul! ...¡of a soul like my own!