looking at old photographs, remembering

your lips moved
but your words
didn’t reach me
drowned out
by the surf
the gulls crying
the wind that rustled
your hair
mine
and the years
that soon existed
between us

6 thoughts on “looking at old photographs, remembering

  1. I found an old photo. I want to frame it, but I can’t allow it to be seen by someone who would be torn – it would break her to know I kept it. And I can’t write about it.

    • Sorry for this late reply but I’ve been off this site for a while now. I understand your feelings, though, about that photo. Some memories are best left in a drawer only you have the key to. I’m lucky that I live alone in a foreign country far away from those eyes that would be hurt by photos on my bookshelves or on the wall. But unlucky in that the ghosts are more visible now that they are out in the open. Maybe it’s better to leave them in that drawer.

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