Chimerical

I've quite liked the idea developed along the first few pages of Banana Yoshimoto's short story "Night & Night's Travelers", that concept of being once so close to somebody, so in love with him or her to deem that love eternal, and then years later and without warning, when every single detail of whatever occured during that period of intimacy has long been forgotten, the casual finding of an old love letter at the bottom of a drawer you hardly ever slide open makes the old feelings come back vividly, but then - and this is the significant bit - it takes you no time at all to oddly realize how fragile those seemingly strong bonds of yesteryear really were, how someone that once meant so much to you, someone that you so passionately loved, turned into a dull recollection not even worth recollecting.