Time Heals

Days became weeks,
Weeks became months,
And gradually months turned into years…
I wondered,
God, what did I learn over the years?

What did my relationships teach me?
Each one was special,
Was love a mirage?
An arrangement, 
An adjustment between two people…
I truly don’t know…

I wondered,
What lessons my heart learnt?
That it was best to invest in self,
Rather than waste your time on others…

It is a far greater grief,
To have a man’s love,
And then lose it,
For me,
Memory lingers,
I befriended pain in the process,
It became an integral part of my life,
Inherent to me…

Wish If I could go back in time,
And erase the whole experience,
Had I never met some,
I would not have to 
Go through so much of hurt,
Was the experience worth it?
I truly don’t know…
It kind of left me, 
An outcast in my own eyes

Hard to put my past behind me,
But it always intrudes into my present,
Everyday is a silent struggle
Quiet yet turbulent,
Tough to explain

But... 

Looking back now,
I don’t blame anyone,
I am the writer of my own fate,
I let others exploit my innocence,
I was emotionally weak then,
And that’s where I went wrong…

Did bitter experiences,
Make me a better human?
A sort of discovering
My latent strengths,
Did destiny stimulate? 
A burning passion in me
To improve myself,

Did it transform?
The breeze into a tempest,
Did it turn?
A dull fable into a masterpiece,
I guess, 
It helped me,
To emancipate myself,
From the shackles of relations…
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 8/23/2015 6:51:00 PM
Lots of passion my friend...in my experience time does not heal the past, time only dilutes the past with the present. If you dwell on what is good and lovely today and tomorrow, the regretful feelings of yesterdays will be less. Nice write and thank you for sharing.
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Vinaya Joseph
Date: 8/23/2015 9:06:00 PM
Very true, Edward. Time only dilutes the past. Even these lines are also an effort to release my emotions. Just wrote my heart out...
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