Dear!

Dear! The way you used to ask me, “How long are you going to remember me?” And my very answer was, “I remember things shortly.” Were my eyes not sufficient to reflect that forever? I believe words are often perfidious. Some things should always remain unsaid because they leave the possibility of infinite answers, rather than misunderstandings. We, as human beings, are perpetually tempted to fill the silence with words. We speak to avoid regret later and vice versa. There are 26 letters in the English language, alongside the fact that a human has five sense organs that reveal characteristics of things.

Let me answer your question: "I will remember you as long as I remember myself." To be very honest, I keep remembering myself, and so do you. Forgetting is a virtue we often practice in pursuit of salvation. Yet we remain unkind to ourselves. We continue committing the sin of remembering — as if to stir the broken parts within us — and still, we manage to stand, smiling and grateful. 

~A