There was once a tea shop at 18 Zavian Street, which sold memories. The memories were held together in white crystal bottles and written over them with black ink was the year they were from. There were memories from as back as 100 BCEs and memories as new as from yesterday. The tea shop was manned by a huge old man named Albert Dunning.
Little was known about Albert Dunning to the people of 18 Zavian Street. Nobody knew where he came from and when he started the shop. As long as anyone living in the street can remember, the tea shop was always there, waiting for new customers in the morning with its opened red doors and at night closed with a huge sign that read ‘Closed‘ hanging over its door. People came to the tea shop from all far away places to get their hands on new memories.
Albert Dunning made the memory tea himself for everyone. First he would make the tea which is the simplest part of the process; and then he would take a crystal bottle from one of his tall shelves. Nobody can decide which memory he will pour out on their tea. Some people had enjoyed one of their best memories in his shop, but some were disappointed by the memories he put in, but they still came back to his shop hoping he would give them a good memory one day.
One fine day, say the 29th of September the residents of 18 Zavian Street went to the corner of the street as always in the morning to enjoy a warm cup of memory tea. But the people are said to have stood before the tea shop (what used to be the tea shop) in shock. They were bewildered as they realized the tea shop was no longer there and it was as if it had disappeared into the air.
Nobody saw Albert Dunning after that, but stories about him and his strange tea shop are still passed between the people and the occasional travelers who came to the street, who always wonder how someone can sell memories. How the tea shop came about and it’s sudden disappearance is still a mystery for people of 18 Zavian Street to ponder over.
Away, away from your reach Resides a dream upon the breeze Held together by a wish all free Knitted from the strands of sea Angry faces I secretly see High on the clouds and above trees Looking down right at me I run from them, holding my dreams
Stones I collect and watch all day Wishing a pearl to come my way Months do pass and nothing change My little dream run wild and stray I nurture plants and wish flowers to stay But like a promise they wither away I wish to dance and feel wind’s play On my face and upon earth’s wide plain
Wander and wander I trulywill And run away from their unsure grip Upon me and hundred who had hoped To win one day and had eventually stopped So I decide to go on and on To where my compass takes, it is home
Different, different scream so loud Inside and outside, comical sound You aren’t like us, they call out You can’t be like me, then I shout
People are cruel, yes sometimes We can’t change them, never try Let them think, what they like You hold your head, up very high
Squirrel, squirrel walk like the mouse If you walk like that, you aren’t cool If you say that, then you are the fool One can never be another, that is truth
Thoughts we have different ones We laugh with our loved ones Night passes then comes the sun Darkness would pass, light then comes
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