Times Passed

As each day ends

I tick it off

on my calendar.

Finished!

Done!

Gone!

Lost!

But some will remain intact

to be pictured 

sometimes

even heard

almost re-lived

as my memories.

If only 

I could choose 

the ones to remember,

open a window and look through,

revisit those days

and throw away the rest.

Watch them leave

forgotten,

lost,

gone

really gone!

But I can’t.

They’re self selecting,

those memories of

passed days

ebbing and flowing

outside my control.

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