Rearview

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What is it about nostalgia That makes us relive memories Through rose colored lenses As if in real time we’d been mistaken About the slightest triviality of our life Look through the rearview mirror Everything seems different Might the distortion be in the present More so than in our hindsight What creates this bent contortion As it becomes twisted with time When people we take for granted Suddenly are gone AP: 2nd place 2020 Submitted on January 30, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE 10 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - HONORABLE MENTION Originally posted on January 28, 2020

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/5/2020 5:04:00 PM

"When people we take for granted Suddenly are gone" - it is weird how we always think we will have twenty-five more years with everyone.

Line Gauthier
Date: 2/5/2020 8:27:00 PM

So true that hindsight is 20/20.

Sam Kauffman

Date: 1/31/2020 12:40:00 AM

Such powerful imagery, Line. Congratulations on looking at memory like a rearview mirror. So creative!

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/31/2020 1:40:00 PM

Thanks for your lovely visit and compliment, Sam.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/29/2020 10:17:00 PM

Much food for chewing on thoughtfully here, Line. All ten of my thumbs way up for this one! :) Gershon

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/29/2020 11:34:00 PM

Thank you so much, Gershon. Most appreciated.

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 1/28/2020 4:07:00 PM

That is what our minds do to help maintain sanity over dark times in our lives.....well, well written

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/28/2020 10:17:00 PM

Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, Timothy.

Running Wolves

Date: 1/28/2020 1:18:00 PM

the past can only be view in hindsight, and as time flows on we realize that trivial moments were actually bigger than we admitted because we are our own worst critics, then too, major moments may now seem trivial since the heat of the moment has cooled, either way in time we see the truth of the past as rose colored glasses. taking things and people for granted is easy when one forgets that time has a mind of it's own and no one knows when it's up which we think never ends...

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/28/2020 10:23:00 PM

Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Running Wolves. Yes, time certainly does have a mind of its own.

Julie Achilles

Date: 1/28/2020 4:12:00 AM

your words are so true and I can relate to them- well done, Julie

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/28/2020 8:44:00 AM

Thanks for you much appreciated visit and compliment, Julie.