Look towards the Future
Nostalgia
It’s no good living in the past,
With selective memories
Pleasantly seducing
The feelings in your head,
Because the past is dead.
By remembering the good
And eradicating the bad,
The dreams are false,
The past is lost,
It has gone to waste.
You have no choice
But listen to the voice
Coming from your heart –
The past will drag you down
And watch while you drown.
The future has everything
You need to start again,
To generate fresh dreams
And help you to revive
The potential of your life.
Picture: anvari.org
©DGA 06.10.2010
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
08/10/2010 at 8:16 am
No way you can reach a destination looking through the rear view mirror.
Excellent poem, adee!
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08/10/2010 at 8:20 am
Bwahahaha – how right you are, Cindy! I love your comment. Thanks!
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08/10/2010 at 8:54 am
You have said it so well my dear Adee, thank you for this, I have to read this every single day!! I love you for posting and writing these word 🙂 Biggest hugs ever!!!!
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08/10/2010 at 10:42 am
Oh, Amanda, thank you for your nice comment. I have to remind myself often because I backslide too! THERE IS NO FUTURE IN THE PAST!!! 😀 (Damn, I should have put that in the poem, lol)
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08/10/2010 at 1:11 pm
i think there is a healthy amount of looking back one can do, but it is sure easier to stumble when you step forward and are not watching where you are going..
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08/10/2010 at 3:40 pm
Yes, I think to find out where/how things went wrong, OK, but not to hang on to it at the expense of making a new life… which is all too easy to do. 🙂
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08/10/2010 at 9:41 pm
That is SO true my friend.
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09/10/2010 at 5:31 am
Yes, it is Gran. Glad to see you’re feeling stronger and thanks for the visit! 🙂
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10/10/2010 at 12:12 am
What a lovely poem to read out loud and remember ever after. So true, what you say. I speak from experience, having lived in the past for many years. 😉
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10/10/2010 at 7:03 am
I wrote it from experience too… and realised how many years of my life I wasted! Thanks so much for your comment. 😀
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10/10/2010 at 11:44 pm
“You have no choice
But listen to the voice” –
How true this is. The mind does not let one forget. Thanks for a beautiful poem with a positive message.
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11/10/2010 at 6:05 am
It took me literally years of living in denial before I faced it… Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it!
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