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Whether Memories Live Or Die
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Saturday, March 28, 2026    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Whether Our Memories Live or Die

by John Herlihy

 

Whether our memories live or die

Once they existed with reasons to live

No further need then to fret or cry

Once upon a time, they existed to give

 

Does the turgid river remember its birth

Does the flower know it comes from earth

Questions that memory cannot answer

Lost in the mind, stalked by a panther

 

Do warm waters remember being frozen

Do forget-me-nots remember they be chosen

We remember not but the memory still there

Whispering sweet nothings as sincere prayer 

 

If the memories still live, I will live with them

If memories forgotten, I still live without them

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Monday 24 November 2025


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 Reviews of "Whether Memories Live Or Die"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on April 21, 2026
THANK YOU, MY DEAR FRIEND...DONE SO WELL AND ABSOLUTELY TRUE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 28, 2026
Some good questions. It seems like to lose one's memory is perhaps the worst–dementia. But what we remember, generally, is what impressed our brain the most. The more shocking, the event, the more likely it is to be remembered.

But if the event involves head trauma, damage to the brain. The event may not be remembered at all, or come back very slowly overtime as the brain heals.

Ron

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on March 28, 2026
Of late I've been whelmed with memories of past relationships that I haven't remembered for decades. This happens more and more now when I wake up between 1-3am. Holy Writ calls this time the 3rd Watch. Seems every memory has some kind of a conflict associated with it that was left unresolved. It's like all the storage closets in me are being cleaned out and put in order. And every time I pray and ask forgiveness for those dissonant past circumstances, my mind gets a little less saddled. The process is yielding fruit. Enjoyed the message in this John. Thanks. r

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on March 28, 2026
Yes, memoriies leave one with yesterdays still available, whether during the day or during one'd nocturnal dreams... until they're not. I often wonder if we purposely delete some memories, or are they just a random synaptic frenzy that goes north?


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