If they were to vanish

Or be lost

They are replaceable

In some part

But

The memories

Built around material artefacts

Remain embedded

Within the brain

And recall is there

Good and bad

In inanimate posture.

If the possessions are

By some circumstance

Dematerialised

The vision of what they were

And what they offered

Lives on.

Possessions may disappear

But not

From the memory.