Imagined Juliet.

Often

on seeing one similar,

I momentarily think

it's her walking

down the mall,

the colour hair,

the way of walking,

but know it is not

for death has carried her off

thirty odd years before

cancer claimed.

Remembering doesn't

always come soon,

often it allows

the illusion to continue

to reap a short lived pleasure

of her present once more,

like a once upon a time seaman

who dreams of a love

on a faraway shore.

Reviews

[Broken.buddy]

it is strange that our brain tries to hold onto good memories for longer, especially when we are far away, time does not really heal anything, it just gives us more reasons to subtly reduce the impact of the bad things. I liked the way you have ended this with the seaman dreaming of love and a shore which is far away. thank you for sharing