how memory works

this is how memory works.

it starts like this.

you open the window on a cool
new day
and you smell the beginning of spring.

young leaves, the rich earth
full
and soaked with winter.

there is life in the air.

you think of the first time you were in love.
how beautiful she was.
how young you both were.

the entire world was green.

you stand at the window and look out.
the sky is more blue
than it's ever been.

the clouds more white.

this is how memory works.

again and then again.