Memories Can Drown Me

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Strange how memories can drown me
The present can suffocate me
And the future can save me

Many days are days that I live for tomorrow
For any day but that day
For the future and who I hope to share it with

Many memories cover me in tears
Offering no release until finally I make that connection with a happy memory
Just to be drowned in the new thought

Yet the future and what I hope for keeps me rooted
I know that if I try,  here in the present my future will be okay
The unknown keeps me alive

People sometimes live in the past
In happier days,  a peaceful childhood
What of those with no peaceful childhood

They tell us to live in the present
And life will be all the more merry
What happens when the present is when it's almost to much to keep myself from cutting

Some say living too far in the future can ruin your present
I disagree, you just have to play life like chess
A game of chess where checkmate is unavoidable

Families often like to look back on the good old days
Where their children we're young and carefree
What about those who barely had carefree days

Some say the present is a gift
I wonder at them,  is pain a gift
Is wanting death a gift

Some people are afraid of the unknown and the future
Off of both I thrive
Gathering knowledge more bountiful than autumn harvest and planning more than just tomorrow

My past I'm sharing so it can be  concealed without harm
My present I'm blurring so only the good things turn into my past
The future is feeding me,  keeping me healthy for the present

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