Day 18

The elephants of memory


How the elephants of memory

Stand in corners and wait

For us to remember what we want to forget

Stand in corners and wait


How the elephants of memory 

Crowd in our rooms 

Leave us no room for thinking

Crowd in our rooms


How the elephants of memory

Are graceful and serious

Though we make them a joke

Are graceful and serious 


How the elephants of memory

Could crush us if they tried

Could trample our dreams 

Could crush us if they tried 


How the elephants of memory

Are also kind

And strong enough to carry us

Are also kind


How the elephants of memory

Hold up the house

Pillar the temple

Hold up the house


How the elephants of memory

Remember our lives

Move through the dark night

Remember our lives


How the elephants of memory

Are living stone 

Are warm and breathing

Are living stone 


How the elephants of memory

Fight armies for us

Are heavy for peace

Fight armies for us


How the elephants of memory

May dissolve in dreams 

Are landed clouds

May dissolve in dreams 


How the elephants of memory

How the elephants of memory














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