Is there an etiquette to memories,
Some required permission, for me
To be in yours and you in mine?
I would be pleased to introduce you
To my recollections, my fellow travelers,
Sensitive to time and landscape
With explanations of when and why
I invited you to this particular
Historical rendition, seen through
The lenses of years and years of
Nuanced dialogues to shape
Dissident decades’ influence
On my narrative truth.