Category: Nostalgia

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Blowing Kisses

“It’s like I’m blowing kisses in the wind, giving you love that you haven’t been given. I cross my heart and hope to die. I’m only wishing you’d love me like I… Blowing kisses in the wind. Waiting, waiting, waiting for you is like blowing, blowing kisses.” ~Paula Abdul Paula Abdul was my adolescence. “Rush, … Continue reading Blowing Kisses

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People Change

“Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them.” ~Marcel Proust I looked at her today as if for the first time. She’s wearing the shirt I bought for her the summer before last. When I bought it she was swimming in it, even though it was a child’s small. … Continue reading People Change

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All These Voices

I hear voices, all these voices, in my head, that tell me conflicting things all day, every day. I hear my mother telling me to look both ways before I cross the street. Her voice is stern without being harsh, full of concern as always. I hear my sister calling to me from her table … Continue reading All These Voices

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Films About Ghosts

“If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.” ~Counting Crows This love is a ghost Haunting in its simplicity Silent and brooding A nightless dream Fading into nothing In the bright sunshine Making pretty pictures That fade in time Understated fragility A loss of innocence Drowned in memories These haunting moods This … Continue reading Films About Ghosts

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The Underground

The subway is its own universe. It’s loud and brash, simultaneously flashy and dirty, with a clattering gait and a smell like yesterday’s garbage. But it’s cheaper than driving, and it gets you from Point A to Point B in a set period of time, if you catch it at the perfect interval. Not many … Continue reading The Underground