Memory is subjective; it can be embellished or denied.
They say no one should tell their story unless they're absolutely certain they have something to say. I'm actually not absolutely certain that my story is life-changing or earth-shattering, but I know that the words are collecting at the tips of my fingers and if I don't shake them out over the keyboard they could go backwards and form word clots around my heart.
A very special friend of mine is leaving to NY on the 22nd. It'll be five years before I see her again.
Five years, five sets of 52 weeks, 260 sundays. Imagined how it would feel like meeting again after those years. I want to believe that because we've spent some time together in the past, that we're still linked by the same experience, the same recollections but that’s usually where all the misunderstanding starts: we might not have the same recollections; we would probably just retain several small scenes from the past, but each his own; our recollections might not be similar; might not intersect; and even in terms of quantity might not be comparable: one of us might end up remembering the other more than he/she is remembered; first because memory capacity varies among individuals, but also because we might not hold the same importance for each other as we do now.
A very special friend of mine is leaving to NY on the 22nd. It'll be five years before I see her again.
Five years, five sets of 52 weeks, 260 sundays. Imagined how it would feel like meeting again after those years. I want to believe that because we've spent some time together in the past, that we're still linked by the same experience, the same recollections but that’s usually where all the misunderstanding starts: we might not have the same recollections; we would probably just retain several small scenes from the past, but each his own; our recollections might not be similar; might not intersect; and even in terms of quantity might not be comparable: one of us might end up remembering the other more than he/she is remembered; first because memory capacity varies among individuals, but also because we might not hold the same importance for each other as we do now.