The New
By Scott Bailey © 2013
The new can’t replace the should have been
The should have been haunts us forever
Though the new will be a healer
And receive all our love just the same.
It’s pointless being angry at fate
But that doesn’t stop the burn
The frisson on top of everyday stress
For the should have been we always yearn.
The new will have it’s own should have been.
So maybe we will understand.
And make a happier will be.
At least that is the plan.
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‘should have been’
attempts to give power
to the past,
something that does not exist,
in reality,
but only in your perception.
now is all there is.
there is no
‘should have been’
in now.
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‘should have been’
attempts to give power
to the past,
something that does not exist,
in reality,
but only in your perception.
now is all there is.
there is no
‘should have been’
in now.
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If I were looking from outside in I would say exactly the same thing – have said the same thing to others 🙂
There is some anger inside me that the should have been – isn’t any more. Anger that can’t be set aside so easily. Anger that doesn’t really even have a target.
That’s not to say I am in a bad place – it just a recognition and and step forward.
Hard to explain – I feel another poem coming on 🙂
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Do it
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Very raw and so, very powerful. That next poem will no doubt move you forward again.
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