Nothing beautiful is ever lost, it lives in  
our minds for eternity, the first time so- 
mething happens it is already only a  
mental exercise, however real it  
seems, thereafter it lives on in a  
separate realm for evermore 
 
I used to cry over beautiful things until  
I discovered how to return to the place  
in my mind where the memory shines  
as reality – now I’m not afraid anymore,  
I return to my favourite books and as  
they relive again, so does every event 
 
I love dreaming up a storm, taking the  
vision which has the same validity as  
experience with me - the reason why  
I never read stories I don’t want a  
role in, of course, it will take too  
long to eradicate…
Margaret Alice
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/memory-shines/