There are memories you don’t want to forget. You try to hold on to the moment, the colors, the clothes and the poses, the smell of the air or the sounds, the atmosphere, everything. You try to remember how everything looked, words and expressions, feelings and moods, relationships or excitement.
But as time goes by, the memory of the moment becomes more and more blurred. Until in the end, all that remains is the fact that something happened, that it was nice and exciting, meaningful and emotional. And the feeling that you cannot go back and repeat something that is gone forever.
There are also memories that are already forgotten. And with time, there are more and more of them. From time to time, someone reminds you of something, or a random phrase brings back a few unclear images. Even when stories are written down or captured in photos, the emotions slowly fade and get covered by the next ones, buried somewhere in everyday life.
And there are memories you don’t want to think about. Memories of pain and sadness, disappointment or bitterness. And the deeper the feeling, the more you try to bury them somewhere deep in your mind. But together with them, the related good moments are buried too, until nothing is left. A blank spot, as if nothing ever happened.
Until the end, where reality brings them back again, and you are left alone, face to face with yourself.
© 2026 Nikola Vasilev