Tracing memory

Tracing memory

Why try and trace the trajectory of a firefly?
Plot a graph of a relationship
As transitory as thought
Transient as us
Flickering, flaring , fading
Embers of memory
Why try to hold , evaluate, grade
Glint of golden shimmer
Evanescent

Except for those points ,
That is cemented in love
That leads us to love

What do we gain , tracing disintegrating plots
Of disappearing feeling
Over time ?
Except for those moments
Tacked into our hearts
By love

--shubha