Ever come across a time in your life where you listen to an old song on the radio and suddenly, solely one person comes into your mind? Then, little by little, bits and pieces of memories starts to come together, just as the synapses in our brains starts to transmit information from one neuron to another, like, solving a puzzle. And yes, puzzled. Puzzled is how you feel because just as this familiar tune relates to a certain individual, a certain face, this certain being, suddenly, it reminds you about a time you came across a certain, let’s see… A certain scent.
A scent you probably took a quick whiff off of while you were walking slowly at the fragrance section at Macy’s while shopping for a Father’s Day gift. And then suddenly, little by little, bits and pieces of memories starts to come together, once again just like a puzzle. The neurons in our brains suddenly passes those electrical and chemical signals to another cell, that eventually unlocks our memory bank,and here we are, we’re reminded of that certain memory correlated to that certain scent. ‘Cause that scent, just like that song you heard on the radio, brought back some remains of a certain individual, a certain face. This certain being.
Whether he or she is a past lover, a best friend-in-the-past or just about anyone who ever made a footprint in our hearts, no matter where they go, no matter how far they are and no matter how much time we’ve all spent apart, those memories won’t ever really fade. Some things are hard to forget. Some things are easy to be reminded of. There will always be remnants, whether we like it or not.
They say out of sight, out of mind. But just our luck, there are ways and senses that brings back memories in just a heartbeat. Whether these memories are reminders of a blissful recollections or ones that seem like hard pill to swallow every time we encounter them, yet undeniably, we just kinda have to embrace these remembrance of the past.
There are things that will remind us of this certain individual. This certain face. This certain being. Their favorite song. The scent of their perfume. Everything seems to find its way back into our minds. And sometimes, they’re even for our hearts to remember. Maybe, with a really good reason, they’re meant to stay. We’re reminded that at one point of our lives, there once was a certain individual, a certain face, a certain being who made us feel the way words can’t even explain. And now, they’re merely remnants of the past.