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Portraits of Ghosts
Yesterday isn’t real.
You edited the moments you’ve lived
before you stored them on the shelf.
The past is an evolving narrative,
as you rearrange the pictures
to fit the theme of the moment.
The story exists only in your head.
Strike a match to the snapshots and memories –
Suddenly you’re an uprooted tree …
Floating down the river, moment to moment,
no longer chained to the mental fabrications
that Time, in the end, will always reveal
were only portraits of ghosts.
You edited the moments you’ve lived
before you stored them on the shelf.
The past is an evolving narrative,
as you rearrange the pictures
to fit the theme of the moment.
The story exists only in your head.
Strike a match to the snapshots and memories –
Suddenly you’re an uprooted tree …
Floating down the river, moment to moment,
no longer chained to the mental fabrications
that Time, in the end, will always reveal
were only portraits of ghosts.
Published 12th Nov 2020
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12th Nov 2020 3:41am
12th Nov 2020 4:33am
There is a theory in Quantum Physics that says time doesn't exist at all. Who knew? Awesome write.
13th Nov 2020 1:12am
Perhaps time is just one more concept that humans have invented for purposes of coordinating their activities.
29th Feb 2024 1:13am
I liked this one, it conjures up images depicted in a very eloquent manner.
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
