Flashback

It’s funny how a place
can age-regress you -
take you back in time -
but that’s what happened
when I got there
and saw it…
it’s like the years instantly
had receded
and folded in and back
and I was there,
not just at a place but
at a time.
There’s a man-made jetty
that curves out to a small island
on this beach
south of Wilmington…
if you look out at this
the picture, with it’s smooth curve
draws your eye into
the photograph
and in similar fashion
my mind was drawn
into a focused trance state,
instantly age regressing by
many years
to that very first day
she and I spent together…
I had been taken by
surprise
today, by the intensity
of this place
and time
and the feeling it created.

Bruce Whealton
November 19, 2009

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