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| Uzengia Alexander Nedic |
Photo Prompt 108
Bleary images
of warm sunny days
when everything seemed
so perfectly clear.
Times spent frivolously
with no vision
for the future.
Now looking back,
pining to return
to those carefree moments.
Cognitive cataracts
smudging the warm
vibrant colourful memories
into leaden obscurity.
Is it time,
circumstance
or age
that clouds the senses?
posted for Magpie Tales
photo courtesy of Tess Kincaid
Perhaps a combiation of all these things.
ReplyDeleterel
I want to time travel...
ReplyDeletevery thoughtful piece- I think as we get older sometimes we become blase or de-sensitized to what is going on around us.
ReplyDeleteA little of both, I think. Great job.
ReplyDeleteRel is correct ... all three combine to cloud our senses/memories (with a little wishful thinking thrown in for good measure.) Wonderful interpretation of the image this week!
ReplyDeletei think those are a few factors, i think too that your beliefs and norms will certainly cloud a perspective as well...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE "cognitive cataracts."
ReplyDeletede-sensitized as we age...maybe... Nice poem.
ReplyDeleteKiller closing stanza!
ReplyDeleteAn exquisite write!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely, wistful poem ... I too think the phrase "cognitive cataracts" is dynamite.
ReplyDeletehttp://aleapingelephant.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-dawn.html
I too love "cognitive cataracts" - excellent write!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
nicely done....thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteIt was the penultimate verse. That really got me!
ReplyDeletei thought it was ironic that you said time spent without vision
ReplyDeletedepth of field
It was meant to be. I allude to vision and sight all through... ;-)
DeleteOh, I believe all three do that! "Cognitive cataracts" That's a smart title and concept. I love it.
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