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Into the Unknown

Miles from here
The future dwells.
The unending road
Takes me particle by atom
Into thin spaces of air.

Moving forward and never looking back.

The past is a dragging rock 
But the future is sky and space.
Clouds cover the trail
That need but a little courage
To squeeze these atoms through.

Moving forward and never looking

Wheels whirr along pavement
The tune a call to journey 
Where land and water are more
Than just illusions of survival.
And leaving is not running away.

Moving forward and never

The past, not the future,
Holds me back, until I see
That support from behind
As it bears some of the burden
For pushing these atoms forward.

Moving forward and looking back.

Because no journey begins
Without yesterday’s
Embrace as its starting point.

Copyright © Monette Bebow-Reinhard | Year Posted 2016

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Elisabeth Sheaffer Date: 8/31/2016 11:24:00 AM I like this very much. Thank you for sharing it. May there be many more. Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 8/12/2016 1:03:00 PM - Sometimes we need to "Moving forward and never looking back," a great poem Monette ! - Very well written :) - Welcome to Poetry Soup - hugs // Sun :) Login to Reply

Skat A Date: 8/9/2016 8:34:00 AM Monette Bebow, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :) Drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs **YNR - SKAT** Login to Reply Monette Bebow-Reinhard Date: 8/9/2016 9:12:00 AM Thank you for the lovely welcome, Skat! I am working on a poetry collection. And had one poem published for pay. How about you? I also edited a collection for Wisconsin's former poet laureate. But I will admit I've never really studied poetry and don't know all those forms I had to choose from. Can you recommend any poetry instruction manuals?