Jan 2020
Ghosts of the past still exist
looking on with rapt intent
as the present evolves beyond
the constraints of prior resolve
impediments that once constrained
with inexperience surely blamed
for the struggles of the past
these hurdles spanned at last
perseverance against restraints
this was the struggle allowed by fate
now half remembered in the fog
as futures react to firm resolve
the shadows now far behind
applaud as if to remind
that life renews with every day
affirming spirit will find a way.
© 2020. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20200125.
looking on with rapt intent
as the present evolves beyond
the constraints of prior resolve
impediments that once constrained
with inexperience surely blamed
for the struggles of the past
these hurdles spanned at last
perseverance against restraints
this was the struggle allowed by fate
now half remembered in the fog
as futures react to firm resolve
the shadows now far behind
applaud as if to remind
that life renews with every day
affirming spirit will find a way.
© 2020. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20200125.
The poem “Ghosts of the Past" was inspired by the Nikita Gill's quote “The ghosts of all the women you used to be are all proud of the who you have become.”
(54/M/Pickens SC)
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