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The Past Is or Was

I have no clue
of what i want
its just that
i have much to do
and there are a few people
who i thought
are milestones
on my path
but as i try to
trudge along
i find them as
distractions.

And its not
anything of their doing
or non doing
its just that
-who they always were.

and i dont say this with
an iota of bitterness
but understanding
that there is a reason
people who belonged in the past
remain of the past.

The past is dead.
whosoever says
the past lives in the present
has got it wrong
for the present is alive
and breathing and full of
possibilities, rooted in the present.

the Action is in present
the steadfastness is in present
the choice and commitment
is exercised in the present.

And yes,
as it is said
Tommorrow is another day.







Poetry by Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2024-07-05 at 21:50

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Ingvar Loco Nordin The PoetBay support member heart!
I love what Lawrence said about this! The past may not be gone at all, or the idea of it is a misconception. The NOW is a construct of the mind. WHERE would it be? Is there a shortest NOW? How could it be, if time moves. IF there was a smallest NOW, it would be a point of NOTHING, right? As soon as time MOVES, everything is erased, isn't it? So maybe FOREVER sits in that construct of an imagined point in time. But in Forever there is no Time, because then it wouldn't be what we call it. Anyway, MEMORIES are of the present. All memories are built right now. They are not the past, even if the past never has gone or if there is no past. What we call the past is just personal reasons for BEING, and for all kinds of weird commitments. TIME probably is a way to exist or to allow the thought of being. I think Lennon / McCartney were right: "Nothing is real"
2024-08-13


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2024-07-29


Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
Reminds me of Eliot's Four Quartets but modern. Good one.
2024-07-09


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
I find the past very much in the present. Sometimes it haunts, sometimes it is verification of goodness and innocence.
2024-07-06


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
William Faulkner famously said, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." I believe that.
2024-07-05


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Very true.
Blessings, Allen
2024-07-05