{"id":1536,"date":"2011-09-18T18:16:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T12:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2012-02-12T12:31:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T07:01:35","slug":"let-the-memory-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/let-the-memory-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"let the memory pass.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>responding with grief<\/p>\n<p>to moments of joy<\/p>\n<p>shared with loved ones<\/p>\n<p>that are no longer with us,<\/p>\n<p>is the memory so fickle<\/p>\n<p>that it turns from love and joy<\/p>\n<p>in an instant to grief ?<\/p>\n<p>the purity that lay in that moment<\/p>\n<p>altered and prejudiced forever<\/p>\n<p>by ever changing attitude<\/p>\n<p>of memory ?<\/p>\n<p>by fear of emptiness<\/p>\n<p>by fear of loss,<\/p>\n<p>hoping the tears<\/p>\n<p>will wash away<\/p>\n<p>those fears<\/p>\n<p>leaving behind<\/p>\n<p>just purity<\/p>\n<p>of love<\/p>\n<p>unfettered by loss<\/p>\n<p>for<\/p>\n<p>the mystery of death<\/p>\n<p>being no greater than<\/p>\n<p>that of birth<\/p>\n<p>like eternal lovers<\/p>\n<p>entwined<\/p>\n<p>one has no existence<\/p>\n<p>with the other,<\/p>\n<p>but birth<\/p>\n<p>brings no memory<\/p>\n<p>no carbuncles on its hull<\/p>\n<p>but only wonder<\/p>\n<p>and death<\/p>\n<p>leaves a lifetime of memories<\/p>\n<p>of associations<\/p>\n<p>of fear ,<\/p>\n<p>of loss,<\/p>\n<p>let the memories<\/p>\n<p>be dissolved<\/p>\n<p>in my tears<\/p>\n<p>leaving an<\/p>\n<p>overwhelming<\/p>\n<p>sensation<\/p>\n<p>of love<\/p>\n<p>like birth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>responding with grief to moments of joy shared with loved ones that are no longer with us, is the memory so fickle that it turns from love and joy in an instant to grief ? the purity that lay in that moment altered and prejudiced forever by ever changing attitude of memory ? by fear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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