Gone without notice The morose sense of guilt Felt In those times when least expected Reappearing as if neglected To reassert itself As an ever-present pain An open wound Often forgotten But never gone Like the reflection on a TV screen The lighted window Back behind and in the mind Disturbingly present all consuming Even looming... ... to proportions Of unbearable distraction Gone without notice... ....UNTIL.... ...that very second that you realize- it isn't there Then it is To suddenly reappear
Far beyond the imaginations Ability to comprehend or defend We often find That place where past and present Often collide and bind Themselves into that Which is never sought... ... never forgot Something you paid for but never bought That lesson learned That you wish to God you had never been taught