it might be unfair to say
that all that remains of the past
is memory.
unless you argue that
scars are a type of memory.
that the painting you painted
isn’t simply a painting, it
is also a memory
of you having painted it.
nearly everything then
is memory.
without these memories,
how do we even know
if the past ever happened?
what if every moment
is the start of time
with placed memories?