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Courting Remembrance It is easy to tell what kind of sweet music could move our mind to remembrance of heaven where angels have gathered in the hall of records. The first moment of the day we court remembrance of that dream fading into the night, a lifetime can go by in the space between sleep and wakefulness. The joy we reap through remembrance resembles cherry blossoms in spring after a winter's rest and cotton balls wrens found for nests in the woods. A thousand gifts await for us if we could see but we lost remembrance of our true heritage, craving for crumbs instead of enjoying the feast. Remembrance resembles snowflakes that know how to crystallize into six corners and the bees building hexagonal honeycombs all the time. Peter, it's regretful that you've forgotten the soul's past strivings, but the purpose of remembrance is to be attentive to the present task at hand. — Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, July 22, 2008 in The New Yorker (July 21, 2008) inspired this respose ghazal on remembrance. |
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