What Memory?

Goldfinch60



There I was singing away

Singing the songs from my youth

I knew all the words,

I always remember them

And sang them with joy.

As I walked into the kitchen

I stood there wondering,

Wondering why,

Why I had come into the kitchen.

The memory had failed again.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 26th, 2022 01:05
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 38
  • Users favorite of this poem: Rocky Lagou
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  • Nicholas Browning

    I perform this same action at least 4 times a day!

    • Goldfinch60

      I am not alone then.LOL

      Andy

    • dusk arising

      I laughed out loud at your last two lines. I'm tempted to say 'but i can't remember why'. Oh so many times I've been there 'why have i come upstairs?' only to recall ten minutes later when you're back in the kitchen.

      No problem recalling every word of a beatles song though, just as you suggest.

      It's good to laugh at ourselves even at our frustrations of ageing. It's one of the graces of surviving.

      • Goldfinch60

        Laughter is so important in our lives and to be able to laugh at ourselves even more so. Thanks for the comment d a, much apreciated.

        Andy

      • orchidee

        A comedy film has two guys joining the Foreign Legion. But they say they forgot what they came there to forget!

        • Goldfinch60

          Abbott and Costello.

          Andy

          • orchidee

            Maybe - or Laurel and Hardy. Yes, strange how we can remember 1066, and dinosaurs also.

          • Neville



            I think I thought I had been here before .. but then I think I remembered it was just a premonition ... maybe, perhaps ..

            a good wholesome chuckleworthy bit of fun & fact of life my little golden wonder .................. Neville

            • Goldfinch60

              Thank you eerrr …oh Neville.


              Andy

            • Fay Slimm.

              I know what you mean my friend - it seems universal in this too busy world - - and attacks whatever age - - love the number you chose today.

              • Goldfinch60

                Thank you Fay.
                Yes I just come across that number on YouTube and thought how good it was.

                Andy

              • Michael Edwards

                Yesterdsay for some inexplicable reason I asked Alexa to play Alan Price. I 've not heard any of his songs for maybe 40 years if not more and, like you, I found I knew - well almost - all the words. Aint the brain box a strange computer.

                • Goldfinch60

                  So true, a couple of years ago I did the same to my Alexa for Buddy Holly and I too knew nearly all the words.
                  The mind is a very strange thing.

                  Andy

                • Distant View

                  With age comes some degree of memory loss. So much stored within our brain. I'm already on the same page as you... lol!

                  • Goldfinch60

                    Thank you for your comment DV, much appreciated.

                    Andy

                  • L. B. Mek

                    lol
                    so true, I just stand still
                    when it happens to me
                    regularly
                    wait for a few minutes
                    give me old cobwebs a chance
                    to ruffle something up
                    then give up, and move on
                    to whatever I need to do next..
                    I probably look like
                    a malfunctioning robot
                    at least 2 or 3 times, every day..
                    (no wonder the Aliens aren't bothering with me
                    'leave that one, it's obviously broken')
                    lol

                    • Goldfinch60

                      When something does not come to mind immediately it generally come to me at 3 o'clock in the morning!

                      Andy

                      • L. B. Mek

                        now That, obscene
                        fact of Life, needs
                        a whole other Poem
                        for itself! A very
                        colourfully Worded
                        write, it has to be
                        as well...!
                        There's nothing jovial
                        or whimsical, about
                        that!
                        Nothing!
                        lol

                      • Rocky Lagou

                        YESSS!! I literally love this. I feel this has happened to every single person on the Earth. That moment of just walking into a room and saying, "wait what am I even doing here?" Hehe thank you for this!

                        • Goldfinch60

                          So kind Rocky, thank you.

                          Andy

                        • Christina8

                          No problem...I'm in my 40's and have that problem at least once a day! LOL Great write!

                          • Goldfinch60

                            It does seem to happen to all, thank you Christina.

                            Andy

                          • Saxon Crow

                            Haha. Been there. I think?

                            • Goldfinch60

                              Don't think - it's dangerous.

                              Andy

                            • Crowns4Christ

                              I absolutely hate when that happens,, I agree with Nicholas completely

                              • Goldfinch60

                                It can be dreadful sometime but looking back it is always amusing.

                                Andy

                                • Crowns4Christ

                                  That it always is Andy

                                • Rozina

                                  I do this all the time! And other forgetful things too. I tell myself it's because I'm not focused and thinking about so many other things and NOT because I'm growing old!

                                  • Goldfinch60

                                    Could be true Rozina but possibly not. LOL

                                    Andy



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