Writing True

The Paradox of Nostalgia

You’re bringing back

Something that belongs to the past.

Then you end

up questioning yourself—

Questions make you cringe—

Because you still

don’t have the

answers to the many

whys, what . . . how.

So instead

You turn to

Nice and warm reminiscing ,

a familiar ache comes back

Bringing both good and bad

And the wanting

That’s haunting

And so with

The whys, what. . . how.