The Past Never Changes (Monochromatic Reflections)
2 AM and it’s snowing outside. Tomorrow, we’re all going to wake up monochromatic. A one-color world. Can you imagine?
You know, it’s sort of a funny thing – things change, but the past never does. I can sit here staring out the window for an eternity, I can move across the country, I can start a new life in a new place with a new name, but it doesn’t matter.
No. It doesn’t matter because the past is the past, and it never changes.
I wonder if you know how it feels – to be so complete, and then, just as quickly, come to the realization it’s so completely over.
So done.
So, so done.
I could run, but the past always finds you; binds to you like an unwanted shadow. Drags you down into an ocean of memory as though you were thrown in with a weight around your ankles.
People think that drowning is a peaceful way to die. It’s not.
But here I am in the middle of a snowstorm, drowing in memories of you, and hating myself for ever even thinking about crying.
No. The past never changes.