OF THINGS, BEGUN: A Poem About Starting Over
OF THINGS, BEGUN🐦🔥… Eyelids flutter open Daylight floods in, too bright. Eyes seek the dark. No, the light is not to blame It is warm, refreshing, breezy. Yet its arrival weighs down The fragile euphoria of a new day. Yes, a new day… But with stale emotions and familiar demons. A new day filled with memories Memories, a double-edged sword. A blessing and a curse. A sibling to feelings, A cousin to emotions. For where memories fade, Their kin remain. Memories of lost love. Memories of missed chances. Regrets and yearnings of the past. Fears and uncertainties of what’s to come. Of things lovable and unlovable. Of words spoken and left unsaid. Of deeds done and undone. Of the known and the unknown. The realization of being stuck. The weight of weakness. The sinking feeling of helplessness Trappe...