Njeri Hunjeri Poet Free verse

Hiding In the Shadows

I tend to think that the past holds a lot
A pure love, an innocent love, a fresh love, a hopeful love. ..
The drums beat as the heart grows older
The heat rises as the mind fills up
     Sometimes
With wishes, regrets, lessons, traumas, hopes...

I tend to wonder why dreams exist 
Is it to remind, to imprison, to enslave, to scare, to imagine, ...to hope
Sometimes what's lurking in the shadows holds the key
Sometimes it has the secret ingredient 
Sometimes it's the secret ingredient 

Moving forward while moving backwards
Is it the true hope?

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Marion Mwangi September 24, 2015 at 8:14 AM ''moving forward while moving backwards'' sometimes we triumph and sometimes we fail, sometimes we cry others we laugh. i think their is no one answer just an assortment of issues, experiences and things. everyday comes with its own challenges. loved the poem Njeri its one i will visit often coz it requires reflection.

CayCay Godwin September 11, 2015 at 7:52 AM After all, what you do in the dark - comes out in the light. I'm being silly and the poem is very deep and searching for clarity. What the past does not hold, is us. Anyway, I felt you and wondered along with you ... CayCay Njeri Hunjeri September 18, 2015 at 6:49 AM Thank you CayCay. I like how u said "What the past does not hold, is us.".

Jan Allison September 10, 2015 at 4:55 PM I think dreams are there to give us something to hope for especially when times in our lives are tough :-) hugs Jan xx Njeri Hunjeri September 10, 2015 at 5:16 PM Actually when i first wrote this, i had used nightmares instead of dreams. And i was like nightmares are bad dreams. So why not just use dreams as in the nighttime dreams we have (whether bad or good) and the dreams that we have for our futures. am a big believer in dreams and hope and all that good stuff that makes tomorrow an eagerly awaited adventure. Thank you Jan