moments of grace

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  • Created on: 04-12-15 09:30
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  • Moments of grace
    • loss
      • "shaken by first love"
      • "mild loss"
      • "kissing a wall"
      • searching for meaning
        • "look for the doing words"
    • positive view on memory
      • "small boat" insignificant / comfortable
    • memories aren't real
      • "trance" hallucinogenic - not reality
      • "familiar" memory isn't accurate - not the same
      • "memory's caged bird wont fly"
        • memories aren't real - supressed by reality
    • clinging to past
      • "boredom since"
        • memory isn't as good as the real thing
      • "hoping I will not feel me breathing too close across time"
    • present tense
      • positive view
        • "a blessing"
        • past is "gone"
          • memories don't stay - temporary
    • can't connect with memories
      • "it seems we live in those staggering years only to haunt them"
        • ghost like, can't touch the memory
    • temporary
      • "moments"
        • brief, nothing lasts
      • "passing"
    • link
      • 'Havisham'
        • "melting balloon"
          • sudden pain vs long lasting pain
            • "balloon bursting"
        • "balloon bursting"

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