M E M O R I E S Poem by Sachidananda Panda

Life moves on…!
Time trots and gallops fast
But! Human mind is too cunning
To lead one again and again
To the same old story, left long back...

One may lock up or get locked down
That hardly makes any difference...
With one's will or without
It keeps the wound green...
Despite reluctance

I might have tried several times
To wipe and erase from my mind
Only to fail in the end, since I know
Every cell of my body, the blood in my vein
Keeps the fire burning
Songs of the past and the strains

To forget the past is not possible
Memories are littered all around
Maybe I don't remember lot many things
Or I may question if ever they did exist
But often, I have heard them say
My grandfather still sits on my nose
The way I talk or walk tell the stories
of some remote ancestry
My face, my eyes, all carry the imprints
Of long-lost souls in the depth of skies
To make my very existence
As a gross accumulation of memories


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