Shadows

the most curious things go on in my head.

they replay over and over and over.

even the shadows which chase these things sometimes catch up.

these shadows engulf, consume, chase me.

these things are memories, once reality, now vanquished in time.

time does not let these memories fade, mind you.

they are constantly trailing my mind, my soul, my heart.

deep into me they pour, taking me into the fog with them.

i see these memories in my head, over and over.

the memories and their shadows show me what was, what is now,

and,

what will continue to haunt my heart.

-A.E.F.