Moonlight reaches the
window
and covers up a part of
the wooden floor. There you lay
in the comfort of your
cotton made bedding. The scent
of your existence
infused into the sheets. Your mind
hungry like a fire for
new logs to burn. Thoughts
you'd steal just to see
how they would fit your walls;
what kind of shadows
they would cast behind;
would they be worthy of
moonlight?
Needing a new thought to
fight it, to challenge it,
just to see how strong
it holds its ground.
Some new bone to chew upon,
to break
the known system of
thinking. To change
the wires in your skin. For it has been proven
to hold back the horses of your sanity.
Who does it take to
remind you of the possible future
at your back? Of all the things the future
picture is made of,
which elements deserve
your blood and sweat?
Ghosts of the past have
long since whispered
in your ears, since you
were eager to listen.
Learn what you can from
gazing ahead to the past
and then leave it
without walking in regret. The next moment
will slip by faster if you give in to anxiety;
but for the most part
worst case scenarios don't come true; they
just feed
your fears, which in
return cloud the skies
that you walk under. If
not now, then when,
will it be a good time
to feed the hunger for change?
*
gazing ahead into the past and then leave it without falling into regret...that is def an inspired line.....the hanging of thoughts they stole on the wall to see if they fit was very cool as well natasa...hope you are well and have a great holiday season...smiles.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Really excellent. In defines my feeling of staying behind in a Europe winter. Or of quote I've read of, written on a travelling fridge: "Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved."
ReplyDeletelove that quote...something to live by for sure.
DeleteI know this statement is well often used(overly) but still I would remark that your words resonated with me. :-)
ReplyDeleteGazing into the past, taking a lesson and living the moment which is now and carve a new future- that is what I am striving to do myself.
Beautifully penned. And I especially liked that last statement/question.
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at christmas this is the best time to forget all the troubles and start doing do for a change, lovely thoughts from a thoughtful heart .
ReplyDeleteI loved the title, the picture, and adored the poem!
ReplyDeleteI like this, Natasa. I agree about the 'worst case scenarios.' They usually do not happen. But those ghosts of the past CAN indeed haunt a person!
ReplyDeleteReading this was like looking through the window into someone's private world. The rhetorical questions are very pertinent - surely they have been asked by countless generations searching for the meaning in the every day.
ReplyDeleteI love the prose question style of writing of someone's head ~ The past can be a powerful chain and clouds the sky of the future wanting to be change ~ Enjoyed this one ~
ReplyDeleteVery thought-provoking piece, Natasá! "If not now, then when,
ReplyDeletewill it be a good time to feed the hunger for change?" - a very good question indeed and a great way to close your poem.
i like this chain of thoughts and the conflicts....
ReplyDeleteThis is a profoundly insightful poem, Natasa. I especially noted the "possible future at your back" and the "gazing ahead to the past". Your closing question is key. Fantastic write!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLots of wisdom tucked in every line, Nataša. I'm the master of worrying over things and the things I worry about never come to pass...instead something not yet worried about will rear its ugly head. I loved this piece. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeletesometimes lessons of the past are the eyes of tomorrow... well crafted poem with much to think about...
ReplyDeleteThe trying on of the day before trying it on is familiar--others' thoughts, past attempts, etc, all to drag out the time. Nicely done in great detail. Reminds me of Caesar's "A coward dies many times before his death ..."
ReplyDeletewow! a thought provoking piece of work.
ReplyDeletei liked these :"Ghosts of the past have long since whispered
in your ears, since you were eager to listen."
i was guilty of this at times, as seen in my recent post. :)
'The next moment
ReplyDeletewill slip by faster if you give in to anxiety; but for the most part
worst case scenarios don't come true; they just feed
your fears, which in return cloud the skies
that you walk under.'
The entire poem carried a strong message. Perhaps not the most artistic of your poems but certainly the one that carries a lot of thoughts. Keep it going. :)
I'm constantly anxious. Poetry writing has been taken up to change things. Let's hope it works.
ReplyDeleteThoughtful work Natasa... With Best Wishes Scott www.scotthastie.com
ReplyDeleteGiddy-up! I hear you. :-)
ReplyDeleteZQ
an excellent question, and timely for me, too, Natasa ~ M
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