Do you ever wonder how memories work? When you need to recall a memory, the hippocampus and other parts of your brain work together to rebuild that memory, searching fro fragments in a network where your thoughts are stored.
In a sense, your memories work like a city.
There are memories you put in the areas where the foreigners go. They may look appealing, but in reality, they are but the surface of your soul. Those are the ones that anyone can know about, because everyone else knows about them.
There are memories that walk around aimlessly. Once in awhile, they get lost, but when they find where they're supposed to be, they somehow give you the same sensation as when you felt it for the first time.
And then there are memories you hide in places that are dangerous. The neighborhood you avoid. These are the memories that keep you up at night. The demons you hide within. The memories you are afraid to relive. Everything that makes you cringe or break down from just a fragment of a thought.
But then there are memories you keep in the places no one knows about. The thoughts you keep in paradise. This is where you keep the most beautiful things in life, where you can be yourself, because no one knows about your tiny piece of heaven.
In a sense, our memories are interconnected, like streets. They can get congested and loud, and your thoughts drift around until they make it to where they were meant to be.
Pain. Happiness. Loneliness. Excitement. Fear. Anxiety. Love. Pleasure. Anger. Ecstasy. What will yours be about?
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