Reliquiae (The Remnants)

memorially

broken pieces

sensorially

spectral or shrapnel

remnants

shards create charades

façades

fragmental particles

pieces

microcosmic plastics

of the former in the latter

eyedrops of cracked pepper seeds

catch in nasolacrimal

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footprints in sand, cemented

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stolen moments

replayed and replayed

laughter in mirrors

photographs that stare

heaviness on belly or spine

body heat on body heat

metallic taste in mouth

their blood, life

recalled perfume and odour

remembered breaths

mantric anecdotes

replayed and replayed

the tears, salty residue

caught on cheeks

tide-marks

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when you let go

its the hardest thing

saying farewell

is unfare

saying goodbye

rarely good

the blessing

is what comes back

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Author's Notes: I decided to do two more, one about addiction, entitled from the brink, and this one, about grief. Inspired a little by the way my brain sometimes remembers things related to those who have passed and this beautiful couple of songs The Hardest Thing and Orange County from the most recent Gorillaz album, The Mountain, which is all about death, grief and moving on from it, as well as the afterlife.