so soon after losing

October 5, 2014

so soon after losing
someone, the before
and after
struggle against
time, craning their
necks for a better
view behind
and ahead of
us, caught
in the traffic of
memories, cells
that have long
learned how to
bottleneck
.
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Written by yi-ching lin Posted in art, life, personal, poetry, reflections, thoughts, writing Tagged with anatomy, biology, bottleneck, brain, cells, death, future, grief, loss, memories, mourning, one-way street, past, poetry, present, remembrance, science, struggle, time, traffic