memory

[traveler]

memory

for years,
i tried not to remember.

then, for a while,
i tried desperately
to stop forgetting.

while now,
i sometimes am able
to forget to remember
or remember to forget.

and i wonder if i
should remind myself
not to look back and not to try
to see too far
ahead,

but to keep my eyes
on where i am
putting my feet
right here and now!

though, once in a while,
i feel like i am
back there and then -

so then I must remember
to look forward to now,

where it is better.

lee
06/20/14

 

[sorryson]

Lee I think you are so right. It is so hard to do especially when trying to resolve the trauma and drama in life.I am trying. I guess it is one step at a time from the now to tomorrow.

 

[bluesky]

I love your poem. It is a closely held theme that runs through my head. My mind being in the past or the future and trying to allow the present to be and be with it.
Thanks for being here.

 

[kcinohio]

Nice.

 

[victor-victim]

[font:Fixedsys]soft as pure gold,
hard as a diamond.
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i sometimes am able
to forget to remember
or remember to forget.

though, once in a while,
i feel like i am
back there and then -

so then I must remember
to look forward to now

brilliant.
thank you for the trip, time traveler.

 

[Tryingtolive]

Traveler this is a great poem

 

[tommyb]

(tryingtolive)

 

[tommyb]

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