Can I pick and choose
Which moments to file away
Inside the amygdala in my brain
Let only pleasant memories stay
Unpleasant situations are hard enough
To deal with in the present
I wish I would not ruminate
Over unpalatable moments..
My composure, my state of contentment
Is compromised in moments of discomfort
When I think about them later
My emotional memory intensifies the hurt
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If only I could detach all emotion
From recollection of a disagreeable event
If only I could face unpleasantness once
And not let it fester into persistent resentment…
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Life is too short to while it away
In pain over moments in the past
Therefore I hope that selectively
Unpleasant memories would not last…
Passion...unbridled 