Our past must be archived, you say to me

Because our memories are so prone to

Change to

False recoveries.

But I protest that

Papers can so easily be burned be

Torn be

Destroyed so

Haphazardly. And you counter by telling

Me to record it

Digitally and so I

Relent to his

Pleas.

For when we do not yet have

The technology to replay the

Emotions, the

Sensations, the

Blinding reflection of the

Sun’s rays on the sea

Shore, then I must uphold the responsibility

To capture

Those moments all the more

Faithfully

And put our actions into

Words.