Nostalgia’s Power…
Nostalgia’s power
Emotions ignited upon remembering
Returning to a time or place
In a state of wakeful dreaming
Sights and sounds are reborn
Smells enhance the memories
In the living color that engulfs
Our personal histories
Fondness, sorrow, peace, regret
Sometimes it’s difficult to linger
In the longing that we know
While revisiting dusty mirrors
At times tears are born of pain
At others they are born of joy
There is recognition that much has changed
Just below all the accepted noise
Whispers of what once was
Shouts of what may have been if
Bittersweet representations
In the form of curse or gift…
©E.D. Allee
November 2013
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