More About Mind Clutter

It’s about the debris.

Left too long it becomes

dusty

moldy

stinky

growing 

thick with weeds 

clinging to

neurons and synapses

roots wrapping ‘round

memory 

whether good or bad, or maybe just lukewarm

distorting it

changing it.

Could memory be covered completely

as though it were never there?

The debris can be 

removed

tamed 

when regularly tended 

carefully

gently

kindly

To enter that swampy thicket

unarmed

without the right tools

without protective clothing

may be dangerous

But be careful

step lightly

dusty rays of sunlight

filter through to the mossy floor

tiny flower bulbs of memory survive

nurturing ferns and mushrooms abound

Generations of trees grow up to the sun.

"The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten."

~ Cesare Pavese