Everyone
knows of the role played
By the
taste of famous madeleine in
Proust
involuntary memory,
But I
discovered another source
While
unpacking boxes
During
this week move.
I have
rediscovered moments
Of my
past life, past friends,
Past
trips, past holidays,
Through
everyday objects
That have
been stored away
For
almost a year and forgotten.
A sugar
pot from Normandy,
An
ashtray and a vase from Spain,
A market
impulse buying of a jam spoon
With my
daughter on a wintery day
They have
all brought up in mind
Younger
times and emotional souvenirs.
It has
often a bitter sweet feeling
Associated
with it, of something gone
Forever
but worth remembering
All the
same.
L.
Bailliet©
18/09/2012
