If We Could Forget

what if you could erase a memory? what if all it took was a magical saying, a special potion and poof. a memory was gone. what would you erase? would you erase the person that turned you down at the bar? would you erase when you wore that horrible outfit to school and thought you were cool? or would you be brave enough to not erase anything? everything we do in life forms into the person we become. you learned from that rejection, and that horrible outfit choice. if we erased the memory, we'd erase the learning and thats something i wouldnt want to give up. i wouldnt want to erase anything. my life has not been perfect. i don't know anyone who has had a perfect life- they don't exist. so would you try and make your life perfect from cutting out all the bad? the bad is there so when the good comes, you recognize it and are thankful for it. there is no doubt in my mind that people would erase memories, but i would not. i would take everyone of them because i like who i am, and i know i was shaped by my past- the good and the bad.