2046

"I don't look back much, as a rule,

and all this way before murder was cool,

but your memory is here and I'd like it to stay.

Warm light on a winter's day."

 

Life is about seeing the big picture, so as someone who romanticizes all the little things it's no wonder to me that I've lost sight of a lot. As a result, I've become very good at forgetting what's behind me and not thinking about what's ahead of me. Once in a while, though, I will listen to a song, or sip a cup of coffee or see something familiar in a stranger's smile and, in a split second, I remember everything. I remember the golden afternoons, the endless nights, a hundred different laughs, smiles, eyes. The memories quickly become a reminder of all the people I've let walk out of my life, or worse, the people's lives I've walked out of. Sometimes, even, I am weakened by the smiles I imagine of people I never really knew, the afternoons we never spent, the walks we never took, the talks we never had. So, consider this a message in a bottle, one that doesn't expect a response. Just something I threw out to say, "Hi. I am here." Maybe there was a point when we spent every single waking hour of our lives together, or maybe we've never spent more than a few minutes with each other. This is just to say I think about you every now and then. 

Reviews

[Extant]

I can relate to this absolutely, and I always wonder if the people I remember, remember me. Definitely something that's unique. Really worth reading.
Haunt~

[Katiya K]

Oh I absolutely love all your writing all ready! The way you think is so relatable but once you put your thoughts to paper and pen it becomes something almost magical.
I also enjoy reading your views on things life...anything really...you romanticize things that are true and things that people need to know. But yet in your own way it is cold and harsh. It is reality. Almost like a bucket of water being thrown into someone's face when they fall asleep and forget their way.

Are on a journey to discover yourself and purpose here? Is that why you write these thoughts and turn them into beautiful peoms? If you are I'm glad you've came to this community to post your thoughts. I'm just musing to myself here.

[Tai Ryens]

The beginning sounds familiar, and I must say the theme is quite morose. As I say about all things morose and dreary: how.. tasteful. Delicious. Yummy. Able to be consumed repeatedly to no avail, hunger never to be satisfied.
I see people quite the same way, and you have portrayed some ideals that stand by my own.. Romanticizing the little things, moments, and quirks in people tend to make us and our thoughts clam up: and that is what I think this is; an imagination never expressed. Well done.

[Mizo4]

nice prose, discriptive and imaginiative

[Writer #00]

Aww, this is so bittersweet. Maybe I'm emotionally fragile, but as the message continued and came to a sound close, I felt my eyes tear up a tad. I suppose it's becaise I relaize what the narrator is saying; how there are people who exist in our lives that we may have, for what ever reason, been unable to spend more time with (wait a second, me thinks me sees a theme). These people never truly leave us and, as you said, we may find us thinking back on these neverto'vebeens. I can very much see one of these people walking on the beach long into the future, perhaps after the narrator has gone, and find this message in a bottle washed up on shore. Thank you for sharing, well written.

Also: Is this a reference to the Hong Kong film 2046? The poem at the beginning and parts of the message could be loosely applied.

[areawakening]

The title is in reference to the film by the same name, directed by Wong Kar-wai. The quote at the beginning is from the song "Pink Bullets" by The Shins. Both deal very closely with the ideas of the past, fond memories, and lost relationships. I'm happy you decided to share your thoughts!

[Writer #00]

I thought so, but I didn't know that that was a quote^^'.

[Samuel Jack]

It would be an interesting prosepoem with just the main paragraph, but the stanza you started with put me on edge! Chilling stuff, everything after is changed into a slightly sinister tone. Really enjoyed this.

Good words.

[areawakening]

That quote is pretty weird, right? It's from the song "Pink Bullets" by The Shins. In the context of the song, it sounds less malicious, and the rest of the quote fit perfectly for the theme of this sentiment so I chose to stick it in there. I guess I never really thought of the tone it set for someone who was unfamiliar with the song. Thanks for the outside perspective!