Jan 27, 2018 Original Poetry
Remember This
©January 27th, 2018
By Vijaya Sundaram
I feel tender towards you
My younger self, whom I miss.
I want to explain how
With care, you can navigate age –
These strange waters, these
Treacherous rocks, these
Shifting sands that move beneath
Your clinging feet.
Don’t let disillusionment blind you
Let it remind you of lost trust,
Of your trust in all, and your wish
To like all you see, to be all you see.
Push away the encroaching
Creeping cynicism, that weary scorn.
Remember your young self –
Not the angst-ridden, despairing self,
(Although she, too, lived in you.) Not her.
Remember that other part of you,
That unfettered Rejoicer.
Decades have passed.
And memory upon memory
Overlays the young mind you had.
The memory of the world is strong, yes.
Sweep it aside! Fling it away!
Open wide your arms.
Open wide your eyes.
Open wide your heart, and
See the world again, anew.
See for the first time, again.
See without memory,
But remember this, even as
The undertow begins its pull.
Remember this.
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