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a penitent’s wing

i
cannot be

alive and be


without

some regrets

i

carry
too


much Past
to

truly let go

 

yet


if i find peace

here

in this moment
with
what can never

be


changed

 

sorrows become

a reason
to press

on

 

my sorrows

may
have many
children

but if i
linger
too

 

long
regrets
will outlive them all





       ~r.

 

 

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© Aug, 2009 R.G. Braley
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  • amaranthine lover gold member
    November 11
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    wow this is some sort of pretty amazing


  • poetryality silver member
    November 6

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    We all bear the brunt of regret and more often than not it surfaces at times of vulnerability. I have done so much in my life to be regretful for but I tend to hold regret in one hand and no regret in the other. Everything that has happened is done. What I choose to do now will surely have its consequences in the future so, I simply live and let live, knowing that someday all will be as it should, as it was supposed to be in the first place. Guess I'm rambling but your words e4voked so much thought from within. it's been far too long since I came by to embrace your sentiments. I am glad tonight was the night I chose to. I needed to read this.

    God Bless & Much Love ♥

    Renee


  • Almighty Aphrodite gold member
    November 4

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    It is sad for me to say that this hits so close to home for me that I might soon end up in tears. It has been a turbulent year (which may help explain why I haven't been around much these past months--not only have I not been able to write much, I have been under a great deal of stress and have had to deal with the death of the one friend I seem to have in this world--my mother), so I have mostly been in hiding instead of writing and running contests and the like. There are so many regrets that I have, especially as of late. I wonder if I have made the right decision in anything... I guess I spend too much time second-guessing myself, but then I was not taught confidence as a child, and learning it as an adult is twice as onerous.

    The last couple of stanzas cracked my skull the hardest. Sometimes I question the reason I don't yet have children (I am approaching 27 now--getting "up there" for someone who wants to be a mother): is it because I have no patience, or I would forget something critical for my child? Will I be a good provider? Am I just too selfish to give up all for a person who will have to depend on me for their survival? People keep asking me why not, when will they come? I tell them, since my track record with relationships has been horrible and I don't want to have them outside of marriage or be a single mother, probably when I'm 35. Or maybe never; it seems I cannot become pregnant. I don't even know if I want to, now.

    So I have to wonder if I will be carrying my burden of regrets to the grave. My heart says yes.

    I hope all is well on your side of the world.

    Many blessings,

    Raven Aurora


  • My Nemesis
    August 27

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    As always, I am in awe of your writing. It has me thinking of so many things, going into places I have not visited in a long time.


  • poet2angels gold member
    August 25

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    WHen I read your work, I always get shivers and I leave in awe. I really love this. It is going in a list of favorites so I won't lose it.

    Lynda

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