Remembering

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I can't remember half of what I learned The knowledge just evaporates over years History I memorized in school Now just vague shapes that once were clear Maybe that's how species work as well Each generation loses what came before We think we're building on foundations But can't recall what those foundations were for Is forgetting failure Or is forgetting how we move Do we need to know our origins Or does remembering just prove We're stuck looking backward While the future pulls away Sometimes I think about ancestors Thousands of years of people before me All their struggles, all their thoughts Completely gone, no testimony Does it matter that I don't know them Does it matter that their names are dust If I'm the result of everything they did Maybe remembering isn't what's just Part of me wants to excavate it all Recover every lost connection Part of me thinks we're meant to let it fade That forgetting is protection Maybe we move forward by forgetting Maybe remembering keeps us in the past Maybe the only way to build the future Is to not let origins hold us fast But what if in forgetting where we started We lose the only truth we had What if moving forward blindly Is just repeating every bad