A Distant Memory Being Recalled (Queens Teens Respond)

I always tend to think back to the memories created in the past.
The good ones and the bad ones.
You tend to forget certain little details and wonder if they would make a difference or not,
Then you realize it doesn’t.
It adds on to the mystery of the missing memory piece.
As you try to put the pieces together you then wonder why you did remember those certain parts.
Were they more important than the other pieces you had forgotten?

I always tend to think back to the memories created in the past.
Thinking back to the good memories puts a grin on my face,
Wishing you could go back and relive it.
I get to replay them over and over again and if I’m lucky someone might even ask me about it,
Which makes the memory even better.

I always tend to think back to the memories created in the past.
Going back to the bad memories is risky,
You end up remembering things you actually don’t want to recall.
Sometimes a good memory could have changed into a bad one due to certain situations,
Which makes memories dangerous.

This piece was written in response to Golnaz Esmaili's installation, Untitled (2016).