1393 - The Path

 

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The Sunday Whirl presents these twelve words for us to use in a creative writing piece.  

souvenirs free touch know cracks siren window waves sting show ring give

Poet & Storytellers had the following prompt: 

"What’s the most important step a person can take?"

My answer is 'forward'.

The Path

"The past is not a tether but a teacher. 

When the lesson is learned, step forward."

— Unknown, possibly inspired by Rumi.

They are everywhere.

Windows on a past life.

Souvenirs fill my space.

Not all mine.  Not all ours.

That’s the sting, of course,

I have become the curator

Of someone else’s loves.

But they do touch me—

I know why they were special,

Mostly.

Special to someone else.

Rings, of course, stay,

Their story is eternal.

But where to from here?

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The past.  The future.

The linkages crack,

The grip loosens—

The sirens of life, a living life,

Call me, pull me,

Set me free,

Leading me on—

To the future.

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Behind me,

The past waves,

Blows me a loving kiss,

And wishes me well.

I step forward.

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