Unmystified

A flash flood of memories
all unpleasant
on the onset of the echoing sound
of a name
that has long been drowned out
from this conciousness
A lump in my throat begins to form
as i try to fight back
this sudden wave
of repressed emotion
but my efforts are futile
for this unrequited madness
is all too consuming
this longing for the time that was
this clinging to a past
that has long been abandoned
For since then
everything has changed
and evolved
into something bleak
and unfamiliar
while I condemned
remain unchanged, unsettled,
unmystified. . .