It’s out of focus!<\/p>\n
All the things I thought I remembered from<\/p>\n
those days are a blur,<\/p>\n
Names and faces somehow indistinct,<\/p>\n
separating memory from my imagination becomes<\/p>\n
unnecessary some days and critical on others.<\/p>\n
Mother says: “It didn’t happen that way,<\/p>\n
No matter what you say. I was there.”<\/p>\n
But, I protest, it’s right here in the picture.<\/p>\n
Then She argues.<\/p>\n
“It’s out of focus!<\/p>\n
I made that cake long before you came home.” said Mother.<\/p>\n
“What about the time we rode the train<\/p>\n
From Baltimore and back again, I know<\/p>\n
that memory is genuine, the conductor’s hat is<\/p>\n
as real as yesterday!” I replied.<\/p>\n
“Nope, we never rode the train together. It<\/p>\n
may have been your grandmother and you.”<\/p>\n
All the things I thought I remembered from<\/p>\n
days gone by are a blur.<\/p>\n
It’s out of focus.<\/p>\n
Remembering a long, lost childhood is but a dream.<\/p>\n
I’m old now, you are older yet.<\/p>\n
Let us find a bridge we won’t forget.<\/p>\n
Come, hold my arm, and steady your vision.<\/p>\n
Life is fragile, love is eternal, memories are precious.<\/p>\n
“Look, Mom, I see the bridge, don’t you?”<\/p>\n
“Sorry, Daughter, it’s out of focus.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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