Thin Line, for dVerse Poets

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Thin Line

Now and Then

In cracking the present to reveal the past,
it shimmers, triumphant, expansively vast.
I tend to remember the moments most happy—
successful and positive, silly and sappy,
but when I remember it using a filter,
it leans to one side, completely off-kilter.

The same number of memories from days gone by
if remembered at all, are recalled with a sigh.
I reach into my heart and remember again
the more negative moments of days that have been.
Then I quiver with passions, now full of dejection
of the defeats and failures––the pains of rejection.

It’s the way of the world to give us one day
what in the future it will take away,
but nonetheless, we must live for the present
and accept all it offers—both painful and pleasant.
When we pin all our thoughts on past sadness or fun,
We fasten ourselves to a life that’s undone.

The dVerse Poets prompt is to write on triumph and/or defeat. Or perhaps the thin line between them.

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

13 thoughts on “Thin Line, for dVerse Poets”

  1. merrildsmith's avatarmerrildsmith

    “but when I remember it using a filter,
    it leans to one side, completely off-kilter.”

    I suppose our pasts are always filtered, but you’re right that it’s best to live in the present. Is that your artwork?

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  3. rothpoetry's avatarrothpoetry

    This is so very well written, Judy. I love how you contrast our thoughts and memories into both the good ones and the bad ones. Seems we try to forget the bad ones, but like shadows they are always there!

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