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memories

Memories are strange aren't they.

They are like cameras, recording our lives frame by frame, capturing particularly beautiful moments

Maybe that involves your first kiss?
First love?

Or did it capture the excitement as you tried to contain the butterflies fluttering in your stomach

Yet it doesn't stop there.

There is a reason why sorrow and heartbreak are so deeply etched into our minds.

Because it was significant, one way or another and in the most beautiful way possible.

Without night there won't be day

Without darkness there won't be light

Without heartbreak there won't be love.

Unlike our eyes, our 'cameras' don't lie or fall into bias

It won't censor the raw truth or get blindsided by grief.

It just captures and captures.

Creating a hauntingly beautiful photo album where joy, sorrow and everything in between intertwines in an intricate way.

Flashes of color within those images evoke familiar feelings of longing and nostalgia as you look back on them

There are the reds of lipstick stains he always left behind, and the black smudges of mascara he'd soon leave you with as you cried on the bathroom floor.

These vivid colors contrast with the particularly gray images, adding depth and uniqueness; no one's gallery will ever be the same.

Even the dull, colorless images bring out beauty, as they often carry the most powerful messages

they convey the most powerful messages and lessons without the need of colour.

Remember those nights where you'd just lay there staring at nothing and everything, aching for something that once was?

Perhaps searching for a long-lost happiness in the chaos?

Life can be chaotic, and the chaos in your mind can sometimes be a welcome break from reality.

But even during moments like this, you'd never know what to expect as
You never know what to expect or what you'll find.

Sometimes you'd be peering out of a rose tinted window where you'd want to crawl through to be transported back to a much simpler and happier time.

Sometimes you'd be peering through a kaleidoscope where each glance reveals a different pattern, a new perspective, and vibrant colors that keep you entrancing you to replay the memory in your mind like a broken cassette tape?

And other times it will be like a black-and-white movie.

where grief has drained the color, yet the varying shades of gray provide different nuances.

The "film" of memory is freshly etched in your mind, and the harsh lessons of life serve as guides through its intricacies, teaching you to embrace both the sweet and the bitter.

Memories are also windows to love, offering glimpses of life to a special someone, building a bridge to connections between two souls bonded by fate.

They allow exploration of different aspects of existence, ultimately merging lives as one.

The many pictures-memories and experiences-stack together, portraying a lifetime of color (emotions) and shades (nuances), painting a beautiful portrait of life and its intricacies for you to explore.

Some people might dive straight in and embrace the randomness while others start with a toe dip.

Eventually, we all learn to embrace life in our own way and to appreciate our uniquely curated 'galleries'