Every now and then,
I have these powerful flashbacks...
Such flashbacks
that sometimes, readily take me back
to places where I have been before...
to witness anew, faces that I have seen...
Every now and then,
I have these flashbacks...
Such flashbacks
that force me to recall places, events and players past,
oh so succintly - oh so very clearly,
as though they might have just been cast...
Into the greater scheme,
into that which is not but a dream...
But a reality
a reality that was.
A reality as important today
as it once was.
Among the most welcome of flashbacks
that so very often overtake me, captivate me,
it is those which reveal to me anew
the love, the generousity, of folks that I have known.
Among the most inspiring of flashbacks
that so very often move me, touch me,
it is those which remind me anew
that so many folks have overcome, that they have grown!
Every now and then,
I have these flashbacks...
Such flashbacks
that sometimes, readily take me back...
and reminds me, thankfully,
that history sometimes, kindly, repeats itself.
Such flashbacks
that sometimes, readily teaches me...
that humanity's grace is not so much one of past
but truly, a grace so very present and vibrant still.
A reality as important today
as it should always and only be.
A reality, only limited by our ourselves,
and our hearts' desire to remain forever free.
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