A memory -
Is that all I am?
A memory in others' minds
To them, I only exist
As they perceive me
And not as I truly am.
I have memories of life
And they grow as I live.
Are they what make me?
Am I nothing but a memory
And made of memories myself?
And if I forget you
Are you that much less?
And does a part of me die
When you forget me?
Does that mean I distort my very being
When I remember something
Incorrectly?
So my life doesn't end
When my heart stops beating?
It ends when everyone forgets me?
I remember my dreams -
Are they real, too?
Created in my mind,
These fantasies of hope
Of fear and of possibilities.
Then is that what I am?
Memories and hope? Fear?
What happens then
When I forget how to hope?
And if I hope hard enough for something
Will it become a memory?
Does it come to pass in the real world
Or does it merely remain
In my false-memory, a dream?
And if I fear something enough
Does it start to become real?
Do my imaginings lurk in the darkness
Watching me?
Does my hope await reality
In a place unseen?
Is that all I am?
A memory in others' minds
To them, I only exist
As they perceive me
And not as I truly am.
I have memories of life
And they grow as I live.
Are they what make me?
Am I nothing but a memory
And made of memories myself?
And if I forget you
Are you that much less?
And does a part of me die
When you forget me?
Does that mean I distort my very being
When I remember something
Incorrectly?
So my life doesn't end
When my heart stops beating?
It ends when everyone forgets me?
I remember my dreams -
Are they real, too?
Created in my mind,
These fantasies of hope
Of fear and of possibilities.
Then is that what I am?
Memories and hope? Fear?
What happens then
When I forget how to hope?
And if I hope hard enough for something
Will it become a memory?
Does it come to pass in the real world
Or does it merely remain
In my false-memory, a dream?
And if I fear something enough
Does it start to become real?
Do my imaginings lurk in the darkness
Watching me?
Does my hope await reality
In a place unseen?
"Tonight, I won't be alone
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
I got nothing to prove for it's you
That I'd die to defend..."
-Bed of Roses, Bon Jovi
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"Tonight, I won't be alone
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
I got nothing to prove for it's you
That I'd die to defend..."
-Bed of Roses, Bon Jovi
