Shadow Passing

Past life

Can you dry away the tears.

They are not planned,

But just appear.

A thought of the past,

Memory so vivid,

Suddenly emotions come forth.

Standing on a street corner,

Taking in the sites;

A shadow seems to cross your path.

Orifice sensations light you up.

Memories again renew your past.

You search around with your eyes.

Hoping to match senses again,

With memory of the past.

To feel that rush you had that did not last.

As you look left,

And then to the right, up ahead.

There's nothing in-sight.

But the memory is there though lost.

And will lay in wait in the dark.

So your heart can race again.

When again the shadow passes.

Reviews

[Perkele.7885]

I like the flash from the past Will! The Shadow either shades that area or was just passing through and latched on to you and was unprepared for you. Shadows are my bailiwick and I do not even know all that much about them. But, I do believe in energy that is out there among us and I believe that it probably stays fairly close to home.

[Willard Wells]

And that home is in your own mind and with all the time so you can let it out to play when you want. The shadows in the hallways?? My bailiwick. Aha!

[Willard Wells]

By the way with all my running off I failed to thank you for your time and words. Greatly appreciated. Peace Out!

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A thought from the past , brought about by a stimulated sense, can garner such deep emotions from within and they linger there for quite some time before allowing us to go about our routines... well-said, Willard!

[Willard Wells]

Thank you FT. I like it when it happens most of the times. Appreciate the visit and words.

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My pleasure, Willard... been trying to get here for a couple of days lol... finally getting ahead :)

[Willard Wells]

Thank you at any time. It's a pleasure to have you spend time with my words and thoughts. Of course the thoughts can get a little edgy sometimes.

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those are the most enjoyable ones, Willard :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree.
"But the memory is there though lost.
And will lay in wait in the dark.
So your heart can race again."
I have many shadows. Good days can turn bad with a thought. Thank you Willard for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Coyote for your generous words. Hopefully more of your memories will be good and in the light rather than bad and in the dark. Let the good shadows come forth.

[Coyote Poetry]

They are trying and you are welcome.

[Alisa Js]

Aloha,

Thank you for your comments on my work. I look forward to reading more of your thoughts.

This well written piece is quite thought provoking. Well done!

Alisa💫

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Alisa for making time to visit my work and comment. It is greatly appreciated.

[Alisa Js]

You are very welcome.

Alisa😃

[Writer at last! Sky ~]

Wow it holds a lot meaning in your words my dear friends. I like the title "Shadow Passing"

[Willard Wells]

Thank you so much for your review. greatly appreciated.

[Writer at last! Sky ~]

You're most welcome my dear friend!

[AaronFreitas]

Those first two lines really hit me Willard... been going through some stuff and it's ironic to read these words that I can relate to so perfectly it's like you took them straight from my life. Awesome write my friend!

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Aaron. This one more wrote itself since I was headed in another direction when I started. I am glad you found some connection with my words.

[ANTO]

The sense of smell and the olfactory system is blooming fascinating Will.
I get phantom smells with sinusitis sometimes and it makes for fun eating. :/
I really relate to this one - superbly penned my friend.

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Anto. I am trying to occasionally write something with more than 17 syllables. I can always write short pieces, but I have to be in the correct zone or zen state depending on the element of my writing to write more verse or stories. Your words are always valued and appreciated.

[Tate Morgan]

The shadow in the night . The feelings of dejavue yep we all have them and we all long for the memories that made our blood burn with desires unanswered

[Willard Wells]

Thank you for your time and words Tate. Greatly appreciated.

[Tate Morgan]

You are most welcome Willard I havent been around much my father passed away and i just seem adrift of late

[Willard Wells]

I know you have gone through some challenges lately. Some sad and some happy. Just as we write. I expect you will or are writing something about your dad since his passing. May you always find peace within your life. Peace Out!

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks I did write of him but I will no doubt think of something new soon

[SquinklaPsyOps]

I like the metaphor you used of how no matter how hard shadows try to be enlighten they will never see the light of day again because life evolves and continues with the new

[Willard Wells]

Thank you so much for your review. We have different types of shadows and this one is unseen full on and only a rather shadowy figure hidden in your mind.

[SquinklaPsyOps]

Ok, From here

"Standing on a street corner,
Taking in the sites;
A shadow seems to cross your path."

Is it a shadow through the corner of the eye that hits the imagination and it makes the person transform it into different forms until it comfortably resembles the memory of a person from the past and deceives by acquiring acceptance in the mind

[Willard Wells]

Exactly. There but not there.

[SquinklaPsyOps]

So then those shadows are dark fumes that are released from the exhaust of vehicles and are not fumes released from the brain that spirits that passed away are trying to hang on to.

[Willard Wells]

You smell a fragrance in the air and a memory or shadow crosses. You are searching your mind for the elusive shadow that is attached to the scent. It may be exhaust to you but I think more of musk with vanilla, opium or rose scent in the air.

[SquinklaPsyOps]

Ok so then the character in the poem smells a pleasant scent and then the evil that is always watching and sticking its nose where it does not belong tries to opaque the pleasant smell or memory experience with its obscure presence.

[Willard Wells]

No evil here. The shadow is a past memory and when a scent in the air is detected it sets off thoughts of some past memory. The shadow is the memory that you are trying to bring forward. Where do you know that smell from.

[SquinklaPsyOps]

So then pleasant scents could activate images in the imagination that compose past memories which indicates that thief shadows can try to infiltrate those moments and mimic them, is it something as that

[Willard Wells]

I think you are trying to read more into this. Consider it deja vu brought about by some scent or flash of light. Something that brings a past memory to the front, but it is a shadow because it has not been brought forth to the point of total remembrance. You are searching for that memory.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Willard you capture in a crisp write the way we often have buried emotions simply waiting to burst to the surface at unexpected moments or when a stimuli is triggered.

[Willard Wells]

Thank you John. Often I find myself searching a room for someone just based on a scent or a shadow that seems to pass by. I appreciate the review.