Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Past Participles

 









The past is in the past

we never have looked back

our lives already cast—

but in the quietude

when I can’t fall asleep

I recall a time 

from that place where memories steep.

Under this façade, 

where all is status quo

sometimes I have pondered;

—but things are what they are

and what was meant to be

has already unfolded.

O, how we skirt our truth

when speaking of our youth,

it’s better not to say…

 when words diminish memories

    and just get in the way

 

© Ginny Brannan 2021

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