Nothing has changed

Lingering in the corners

Like balls of dust

Memories

Clinging, unwilling to let go

For fear they’ll get sucked

Into a vacuous world

And so, they remain

As shadows, lurking about

The reminders, hanging,

Strangling at times, until

You finally release them

And let them fly, pieces

Dispersed into air, parts of

You, filtered, floating,

Particles

Easily passed through

Painfully left behind,

Long since forgotten

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