Memories
An autobiography
Written in disappearing ink
Charted events and beliefs
Corrupted images
So easy to deceive
Changing histories
And profoundly altering
The things you need to believe
An image in view
That can only ever be true
For you
But one that fades
So you can never trust
Those synaptic bonds
As truth crumbles to dust
…………. Memories lie
They create their own seed
That grows and spreads
And tells you what it thinks you need
Shares history’s light
But ultimately leaves you blind
Fumbling in the dark
For what you might find
…………… Memories burn
They fire imagination
And lay waste to uncertainty
Then leave you unsure
With a bitter taste
As they become their own entity
…….. Memories
Which were once a guide
A personal sage
Lost in the degradation
On a self-written page
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Billy ’22