Time passes
The wind whispers your name.
Thoughts pass
The mind holds them in vain.
The soul grasps
To the memories in pain.
Why must these memories fade?
~
Do I recall that which I lost?
The time spent for the highest of cost.
Love is paid from the bond which is made.
As life goes forward with or without a way.
Why must these memories fade?
~
Some may be unburdened, for memories weigh down.
Some may be melancholy, for there is something to be found…
“The memories carry lessons, leaving messages to be read Signs upon the threads… Anchors upon the lines of the mind…”
Why must these memories fade?
~
Loss and gain
Happiness and pain
Sorrow and shame
Through all we overcame…
Why must these memories fade?
~
They leave shadows
Shadows are not memories
A shadow is but darkness cast in the presence of light
it is not the light, only a glimpse
Time passes and the wind whispers your name.
Thoughts pass and the mind holds on in vain.
The soul grasps on to the memories in pain.
Why must these memories fade?
Journals Of Enreal 
So reflective, thanks I did get more than something from it , blessings
Thanks pjgrace, glad you enjoyed it !
Hello Enreal,
Thanks for your thoughts. I was just thinking about this today too.
Although we do seem to forget everything we are changed forever by each new experience.
It is said that all that is transitory is illusory. Since only the soul is eternal perhaps this change in us is the only reality events have.
Mossy
Thanks for the Kipling too.
From Rilke:
Yes, the Spring-times needed you deeply. Many a star
must have been there for you so you might feel it. A wave
lifted towards you out of the past, or, as you walked
past an open window, a violin gave of itself.
All this was their mission.
http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/German/Rilke.htm
and from T.S. Elliot
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope,
for hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
And wait without love. For love would be love,
of the wrong thing.
Yet there is faith.
But the faith and the hope and the love, are all in the waiting.
And the darkness shall be the light
and the stillness the dancing.
http://www.bemindful.org/poemsb.htm
WOW… thank you for sharing your words and your energy
i love this and it almost makes me wish i knew the answer to your question.it is because of how well you have captured the emotions…lovely
sometimes when I need to rest my thoughts…I come here…even though you make me think….its nice thoughts….nice memories….that dont fade…
Yours is a truly beautiful soul and regardless if light or dark, your words ever reflect your soul.
Hi friend.. I love the rhythm in this… it soothes while asking the unanswerable…