Familiar stirring

It was only Cristina,
as the last days of summer expired,
who began to experience
an old familiar stirring,
a growing restlessness
that she dreaded,
but recognized only too well.


Suddenly, thoughts started
taking precedence over feelings,
thoughts and questions
about life and love,
and as much as she tried
to resist these ideas,
she could not get them
from her mind.

-Vicky Christina Barcelona