Although you’re gone, I can still pour over your photographs, feel your hand in mine, taste your lips and hear you murmur ‘I love you’.
And over time, it has become easier to bear.
But the waft of your aftershave on a passing stranger brings me to my knees.
It’s the unexpected that breaks us.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleA very poignant tale, Linda. The heartbreak is palpable in every word. Nicely done 🥺
Thank you, Carrie. This one came straight from the heart and said all I wanted to say.
Linda, this is a tiny jewel of a piece. You’ve said so much in so few words – just enough, and not an excess word more. Tears filled my eyes when I read it. I wonder, is this a poem or a story? It seems it could be a wonderful poem with a little formatting, and is certainly very well-written in either genre. The picture is also superb and a perfect fit… Read more »
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleJulie, thank you so much for your lovely comments which mean such a lot. Sometimes less is more, as they say, and this is how I felt when I wrote those lines. After writing and reading them through, it crossed my mind too that they could lend themselves to a poem but it actually stems from a story I’ve attempted to write for many years. I say attempted, because I’m always afraid… Read more »
Very emotional writing that turns the reader to tears with the lines,
“But the waft of your aftershave on a passing stranger brings me to my knees.
It’s the unexpected that breaks us.”
Truly clever writing in such few well chosen words. Well done, Linda.
Thank you so much, Margarida for your kind words. As often happens with me, the last line came to me first. After that, the rest just flowed.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleLinda, this is so heartfelt and true. Grief can be rekindled by the smallest of things especially when it hits one of our senses that evokes an instant memory.
It’s usually songs that get me, Julian, stirring up so many memories. Thank you for your kind comment.
Wow! This is the proof of words that say so little but mean so much. Your story makes me cry. Well done, Linda.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you so much, Lotchie! Sometimes just a few words can say all you want to say.
I agree.
This is so well written Linda, so much emotional depth in so few words. Really good!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleYour comment really means a lot, Lisa, as I put my whole heart into this one. Thank you so much!
This little piece of writing is very powerful in its small, concentrated form. I think it deals with something that we all can relate to. We sometimes think we are definitely over a special memory or relationship and then it suddenly is there again. Like you, I have been amazed by the fact that memories of smells can lie hidden in the back of the brain for a very long time. Suddenly… Read more »
Our senses can trigger so many emotional responses, Christer and you are right, it is amazing. Thanks so much for your comment.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThis story packs an emotional punch, Linda. I think it tells a story, one of which we all have understood at one point or another. Emotionally, it comes in a language for which we need no translation. Beautiful work.
Thank you so much, Melissa, I really appreciate and value your comments.
The truth and nothing but the truth in as few as four sentences! I know the feeling all too well since June 29, 2018.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleTime has no relevance where the senses are concerned. Be our loss recent or far back in the past, the senses will remember and remind us. Thank you for your comment N. Jungeberg.