Nostalgia, words, and whispers

Memories, recollection.
Minni, memoriae, tlahtolli.
"They're just memories..."
No, memories are us.
Memories can change someone,
Lack of as well.
How can you say they're just memories?
When they are so much more.
We are what we have been though,
We are what we have flown through
Looking back in grief, worry, regret, love, tenderness,
You can look back for a moment, just a moment
Or else you'll get sucked into what used to be.
Nostalgia is suffocatingly aching.
Losing a moment of time.