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Can't Go Back

by Max Burchett No, no, no, Can’t go back. No do over, no, Oh, I want to go back. A past moment in time Exists only in my mind. It hurts to know I can never go back, no. If I could try again, Oh, what could have been, Now gone with the wind, But I’m still here. Now going on from here On the road to who knows where. Roll on, the past is gone, Can’t keep looking back. Got to keep going on, Remembering back then, But left it all behind. Forgetting then, got to carry on. Can’t turn back The hands of time What was, was meant to be. Can’t go back. Photography by Niek Verlaan

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Date: 11/9/2023 2:58:00 PM
I felt twinges of sadness, Max, as the narrator faces the harsh reality that s/he can't turn back time...the process of knowing that what was, was meant to be. My husband always says, "Let go." Takes a lifetime of practice :-) Sara
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Date: 11/9/2023 8:34:00 PM
Hi Sara, Thanks again for comments. This one is all about regret. A terrible thing it seems to me. Best to you, Max
Date: 11/9/2023 1:31:00 PM
better to let things go, if you can. you can go back only in your mind and sometimes that's not the best course of action. good poem, though...
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Date: 11/9/2023 2:44:00 PM
Hi Ilene, Thanks as always for your comments! I greatly appreciate it. Yes, definitely better to let things go. Best to you, Max

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