Let It Go

had a memory today... of an old high school acquaintance... happened to see him years later... to me...he was dead... but...so was i... to see him that way...though... it was obvious he struggled to stay alive... he'd even thrown his own kin under the bus... hate doesn't occupy me... this is retirement...it's too late... but some feeling of disgust is still there... it bothers me that i've not distanced it... why is the past's downside disgust... to lose that...it's worth trading in it's opposite... the good feelings of past delights... for the peace of the inner eye...

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John Lawless

Date: 12/11/2018 8:47:00 AM

Hey, I have a Buddha in my rock garden and viewed from the right angle the stone behind him appears to be a dark, stalking figure....interesting write

Sand Blown
Date: 12/11/2018 9:22:00 AM

thanks man...there is definitely poem potential within your comment : )

Sherry Asbury

Date: 12/2/2018 10:07:00 AM

Like this very much...can relate. It is hard to really let go of the past, all we can do is try.

Sand Blown
Date: 12/2/2018 7:49:00 PM

thanks sherry...the buddhist principal of 'denial of (emotional) desires' helps me end past/present problems

Joseph May

Date: 12/1/2018 12:17:00 PM

A deep reflective poem as you sift through the yesterdays..Well penned

Sand Blown
Date: 12/1/2018 12:55:00 PM

and sometimes people stub a toe : )

Constance La France

Date: 12/1/2018 10:38:00 AM

Sand, wonderful writing, oh that monster from the past that whispers and haunts our present day, and no matter what we do comes creeping back, wish I knew how to banish the monster forever but for some reason the good and happy memories are intertwined with the bad ones, well done !

Sand Blown
Date: 12/1/2018 11:06:00 AM

thanks 'dear' (cofumph : ) ...that's a good point to make ...memories so intertwined that one must distance themself (3rd eye view) to know the knot

Gerald Dillenbeck

Date: 12/1/2018 9:52:00 AM

And what remains, then, of that disgusted guest still lurking within the great and lasting silence? What you can barely tolerate of disappointed memory. Healing opportunities risk breaking such toxic silence to learn where past judgments may realign forgiveness over tolerance, with no relationship to lose in future's time.

Sand Blown
Date: 12/1/2018 10:21:00 AM

perhaps the writing reflected the momentary crux of a balance between past and present as angst...but : ) a common sense third eye understanding of 'context- content' is/means forgiveness is of 'understanding'