LESSONS OF HISTORY

Sometimes moving forward

Requires going backwards.

Building on established stability

Can provide precious direction..

Old can be new again

Transforming the past

To write future’s history

A new chapter with old words.

BAGGAGE UNCLAIMED

The mystery of shared history
Is not really one at all.

Common experiences often
Yield uncommon attractions.

Obstacles are more easily
Overcome when the efforts

Are made in unison. Patience
Needs no practice, only desire.

TIME TRAVEL

Yesterday has a way of
Shaping today's tomorrow.

Future is a slave to history
Because now is always

Captured by the past
Made relevant by the present.

NIGHTMARES OF NAVIGATION

Parallel paths don't always
Go in the same direction.

An intersection can be
Both a completion and a continuation,

Never to be lost the starting points
Are the same and

Endings can become beginnings
And losses found never really were.

PENETRATION ILLUMINATION

Eyes that can be felt
Pierce through an armor

Of protected history
Surrounding hearts held hostage

By the bondage
Of history uncontrolled.

RECOLLECTION RENOVATION

Some old memories never die
Only to be recycled  as new found joys.

Letting go of the past
By controlled amnesia

Allows one to be open
To enjoy the future's possibilities.

FRACTURED SELF

Haunted by awkward memories

Of failures to please

That rely on what the perception sees.

Visions of forests, pictures of trees.

Living with ghosts

About what matters most?

An open heart will surely roast

Imprisoned by a tortured host!