The Past
The past is the past;
Alter it, you cannot.
The past is the past:
Its records you cannot erase:
Saddening; pleasurable
Its memories maybe.
In deep intropections
You may wallow;
In soberly brooding
You may dwell;
You cannot change it.
Your feelings are hurt
Because sad ideas bombard you within;
Certainly you erred
In endeavours you expected success, but earned failure,
Or, were rewarded with
Ingratitude
And disappointments
By someone you loved:
You cannot change it.
But it's easier to remember
your failures than successes:
Hurts you
Betrays you
Irritates you
Fustrates you;
But
Better FORGET.
About this poem
Our pasts can haunt us so badly, we find it difficult to move forward. (I have a movie script titled: "Haunted By An Ugly Past", which is yet to be produced.). 'The Past' is more than 30 years old. The Bible tells us in Isaiah 43:18' to do away with past.
Written on July 27, 1981
Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on April 29, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 5, 9, 2, 6 |
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