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Poem Details
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| Title: | One Step Forward at a Time |
| Author: | Pegasus22 |
| Date Submitted: | 1/24/2008 |
| Poem: |
I am haunted by the past It's faces and textures. The moments unspoken that Create tension below the surface For the days and hours afterwards. I thought that I could frogleap It's spiny gnarled wise fingers. Move beyond the moment that I Remember everything and leap trusting. But while we do not live in the past It lives on in us. And I need to reconcile myself. Find a way to live out its edicts. I'm not manic anymore but I still Suffer from insomnia. I'm not creatively fluent anymore But I still keep a jar of paintbrushes. I made it through a year and 24 days And flirted with the idea of Going back and hanging off the edge With my constant echoes of felted corners. The earnestness of driving this moment Into the calm future Is dreadful. What I need to capture From my past is that other me who skirts braver.... |