Everything you own about to be devoured.
Racing against time to save all you love.
Not wanting to leave a single thing behind,
At a moment like this what's really important?
Your whole entire life condensed to one suitcase.
What would you do? What would you take?
Which photos are the most valuable?
Which letters the most important?
Would you cling to your childhood memories?
Or save all you can of your life today?
Your whole entire life condensed to one suitcase.
Would you save everything to memory?
Or photograph every last moment in your house?
Tears streaming down your face,
Can't bear to leave a single thing behind.
Your whole entire life condensed to one suitcase.
You realize how much you love that special drawing,
How meaningful that one birthday card really was.
The picture on the fridge you put up in 2nd grade,
or the teddy bear you've kept since you were five.
When all you can keep of life is a suitcase,
You realize how much everything means to you.
You understand that your house can be replaced
But those memories will turn into ash, never to appear again.
All that's left to do then is remember, remember those special things,
those special pictures, those special gifts, those special drawings,
the ones that can be brought back only by memory now.
1 comment:
Beautiful.
Disaster forces us to look at things differently. We take too much for granted.
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