Light falls across a surface.

Shadows appear.
Leaves create patterns.
Images form.

The moment exists.
Later, the scene fades.
Details blur.
A mind holds fragments.

A shape remains.
Color shifts.
The event changes.

The day passes.
Routine repeats.
Action follows action.
Memory registers.

A brain stores impressions.
Time moves.
The past recedes.
Ordinary things become lost.

Only hints remain.
A feeling lingers.
Specifics escape.

Recognition occurs.
A source hides.
A mind constructs a story.

This story becomes memory.
Actual experience disappears.
A manufactured version stands.
Truth erodes.

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