Turning Back the Past

Turning Back the Past

A Poem by Jeff
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Sometimes you have to just move on and head forward.

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I was caught up in the hate

Persecuted and oppressed

By my own anger

Everything would wait

For my revenge


Engulfed in spite

Hiding in the shadows

Wasting my time

On the demons of the past

Swallowed by hate


My days in the dark

No light could shine

Full of rage

For the ones

Who did me wrong


I ask my enemies

Can we make our peace

On The Dark Side of The Moon

Can we wipe the slate clean

And begin today anew

© 2011 Jeff


Author's Note

Jeff
More Pink Floyd references in this piece.

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I LIKE THIS...
TRYING TO START...
ANEW AND BEING...
HUMBLE...
GREAT JOB JEFF...

Posted 12 Years Ago


:) Oh how I do relate ( I love Pink Floyd too ) when you're hating, it's so difficult to stop...and it's almost as if you forget how to not to hate, how not to blame...this poem is so strong...it overcomes hatred...very inspiring ...

Posted 13 Years Ago


This is a great poem, one we all should be able to relate to!

Posted 13 Years Ago


Oh I really like this we all come to this if we are intelligent .The day we want the pain to end

Posted 13 Years Ago


Letting go is always easier said then done, probably the most difficult. Festering emotions, always boil over in an outburst. Enjoyed the raw reality of this.. I think most will agree, this bitterness has filled all of our mouths at one time or another. Solid, raw, real and honest.. Nice job!

Posted 13 Years Ago


I so feel this... love it jeff!

Posted 13 Years Ago


i really love this because its reality; the darkness and deception exists; so does pain and i love when people are real with themselves and come to grips with the dualities of every single thing in life and our conscious decision to look for the good despite the bad. I enjoy your simplicity and depth.

Posted 13 Years Ago


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. brilliant, jeff ... and here's a hard core floyd fan telling you the incorporation is perfect ... indeed ... hatred is not worth it ... just a few minutes ago, i read isolophobe's "homage to hate" ... and now i'm reading this ... and i'm feeling so healed from within ... thanks a million for this ... and yes, we can make our peace ... we don't have to be the best of friends, but we can certainly make our peace ... yet, i think it's a process ... maybe we had to go through hatred to reach this point ... maybe ... but yes, this is the point ... and that was the journey ...

Posted 13 Years Ago



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Added on January 7, 2011
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Jeff
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