Tag: past

Dive Deeper Into Oblivion

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Looking back, drowning
In vision of what could have,
Would have and should have been.
Diving deeper into oblivion
And losing sight of what
Is actually there. 

Learn to observe the oblivion
Of thoughts and outcomes,
That seem bottomless,
Without swimming into nowhere,
Until the new becomes bearable
Until drowning is no longer a possibility.

Keep the infinite thoughts at bay
Lessen the what could have,
Would have and should have been
And strengthen what is,
What did and what can be
But be careful not to
float too far from Earth. 

Stay grounded while peering
Into the universe, deep space,
And galaxies far away.
It will soften the reentry;
The landing back into reality,
Back to what is actually here.

T. Marina

Damages in my wake

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Stuck looking in the past.
Unable to live in the present.
Terrified to look to the future.

Running in one place,
with my head turned back
staring at the fires behind –
the damages in my wake
that leaves me standing…
Analyzing the wreckage
to find a clue
that will ensure no more ruins
lie ahead of me –
not like the ones before

I close off.
Build walls and gates.
Petrified of the floods
that can break them
and crumble what is left
held roughly together.

Yet, as I turn to look at the sun,
the light shines and
warms me, and reminds me,
that beauty lies in possibility
of the morning sun –
of the chance to fly.
Even if destruction may come

That fear cannot win all.
That the ruble stands
and creates new opportunity
making the path ahead…

Therefore, I turn.
I stop running and not moving.

Start to walk a new stride –

Believing in the chance
to start a fire
that will light the path
toward the new.

T. Marina