You reach out to the friends you grew up with, only to find them unavailable, and when you finally connect, it’s clear you’re not on the same wavelength.

No rapport.

Nothing in common.

Just awkward silences.

Everyone has moved on.

Then it dawns on you—you’re the only one lingering in the past.

And you start to ponder:

Maybe the past is where you truly belong.

People are grappling with so much—illness, loss, survival. Life’s challenges have pulled them away from the place you’re trying to beckon them back to—the past.

They can’t relate.

They’re too consumed by their present struggles to dwell on the past.

The past, where everything was ordinary. Where their current burdens didn’t exist. Where life was simpler, free from sickness and grief.

Where everything seemed perfect.

But they no longer reside there.

Their realities have shifted.

They’re living in the here and now,

Beyond memories…

 

©Kim Kures, 22/04/2024