Are about yesterday,
that time gone by,
memories of lovers,
broken hearts, those
rejected advances,

wrecked promises, and
pledges left undone.
Tender love lost brings
a sigh, a sob, a tear,
gloom, and unhappiness.

A sadness relived
to haunt, to upset,
with reminiscences of
stormy angry times
and tempers frayed.

Untreated wounds,
reopened give cause for
anguish, torment, pain,
nightmares return to
give us troubled nights.

Bad memories not left,
or dropped, spoil the life
that is now present,
the one we should be
living in right now.

For true life we only
feel this instant, in
a flash it moves on,
past is now history,
future only prophecy.

Each breath we take
a different moment,
each breath out a
new instant of time,
for us to experience.

So hear only present time,
each dawn’s chorus of song
greets a brand new day,
that is full of possibilities,
we see the truth of life that

yesterday’s bad memories,
have gone, so we must forgive;
forgiveness dissolves the harm,
and removes the hurt places
in our heart and feelings.


05-12-2009

Bob Blackwell

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/haunted-memories/