Forgetting Someone
memory
lyric poem
reflective
Forgetting Someone - meaning Summary
Memory Returns Via Light
The poem compares trying to forget a person to leaving a backyard light burning. The image shows forgetting as an act that paradoxically produces a persistent presence: the very "light" meant to fade actually keeps the memory illuminated. The brief, domestic simile suggests that deliberate omission can become a constant reminder, so memory returns not through intention but through the traces left behind.
Read Complete AnalysesForgetting someone is like forgetting to turn off the light in the backyard so it stays lit all the next day But then it is the light that makes you remember.
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