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My Memories


Something I cannot live without is not materialistic

It is not something as simple as a book

It is not something as simple as an instrument

It is not something as simple as a bed

It is my memories

The memories that remind me of the life I lived

The life that I made so many mistakes in

The life I believed I did not want

I cannot live without my memories

The memories of something far more painful than starvation

The memories far more beautiful than water to a parched throat

Memories of love

Memories of sadness

Memories of pain

Memories that are more painful than anything I may find on this island of

Solitude

My memories motivate me to survive

 

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