Looking for the emotional response to this poem and what memories it creates in the reader |
I must have remembered or did I awaken? To a simple truth that has left me shaken There are great moments in the life I have dared So much I took for granted while I slept unaware Only the love that binds its core and the threads we’ve all sewn Could ever matter more to me had I only known My heart beats through it my body knows its pain While my eyes are witness to what I look back on in shame Foolishly I wasted it and filled it with distractions I should have paid attention tried harder, took more action My gray hair and lined skin reflect the time thats passed My grown children and grandchildren left and change so fast I gave away my years for things addictions, and to thieves And now that I am aware it’s incredible to believe The thoughts in my mind are fearful impacting the way I behave Dictating how my life is spent leaving behind in time my wave I will experience my moments differently now that I understand Make more of my memories be more willing to lend a hand I will give less of me to those that try to take Give more to myself instead and what feels good to create I will work for happiness not for things that hold no meaning Fill my life with all I can doing the things I’ve been dreaming My time is my gift in life to receive and to share How did I forget this it seems unjust and unfair I lost my way somehow I know others have as well Maybe now I’ll live a life that doesn’t feel so much like hell Copyrighted, 2015 by Iva Marie |