The Past is the Past

The past is the past,

no one can change it,

but if I could,

here is how.

 

I would take back,

the hurtful things,

I've said,

and done.

 

I wouldn't have scars,

on my arm.

I would be the golden girl,

that everyone loves.

 

I would have said no,

to save myself,

from heartaches,

and headaches.

 

I'd take back everything I said,

just to see you smile,

again,

and never let that moment go.

 

I'd love less,

just so my heart,

could be whole,

I'd give anything.

 

This is for you,

the only one I love,

I screwed up,

now your gone.

 

I cry and cry

wishing I had of changed.

I realized,

you never even cared.

 

The past is the past,

so let it stay there.

I live in the present,

and look toward the future.

 

I'm done in the past,

ready for the future.

I don't have you with me,

but I'm glad you were part of it.

 

You were there for a while,

made me feel special.

I love you to death,

but you didn't love back.

 

I hope your future's bright,

hope it's like a diamond.

I wish you the best,

and many years of happiness.

 

If I could change,

how everything happened.

I would in a heartbeat,

just for you.

 

But the past can not,

be change or erased.

It's there forever

it's stay's with you.

 

My past haunts me,

it lingers around,

in every corner,

and every shadow.

 

It reminds me,

that you're gone.

It shows me,

what I've lost

 

 

The past in the past,

don't judge me,

from that,

that me is gone.

 

The past is gone

the future is near

and the present is a surprise.

 

I've learned,

I've loved,

I've lost.

 

It's time to build,

back up,

start from the bottom.

 

I miss you,

with all I have.

I loved you,

with all my soul.

 

I wish I was,

in my future,

but plans change,

and people change.

 

I wish I could go back,

fix what I did.

See us happy again,

just like old times....

Reviews

[PaperLife]

You have an intelligent spark of emotions fluttering across the page. Like the memories are standard red demons and white ghosts. Almost like a book closing and the dust flying off of it. Where age stands and yet somehow, brings a moment of hesitation. Of clearly seeing once again all that has happened. Your poem brings on the evils and leaves them behind. Like frightened children at bay. I can't help feeling everything you say in this poem. ALmost as if it too is a cut. Where the nostalgia of past days is a ray of sunshine cut.Your words are beautiful, deep, and painful. Like morbid feelings we cannot rid ourselves of. Like you try to shed the past but can't and in the end realize it's just a piece of who you are. This was beautiful I loved it. Well done.

[SouthernBelle]

thank you so much im glad you enjoyed it

[Joey Johnson]

Very sad and yet somewhere in there is a spark of hope. Very nicely done.

[Mark]

If we learn from past mistakes, we never have to repeat them. But often we don't so...this is just part of life. I like your poem as its honest, seriously from the heart and open. And I suspect it helped get a lot out to write this. Nicely done.

[SouthernBelle]

thank you

[Tomi]

The Past often shows it's ugly head in our present realities but like you said: the past is the past..Might still hurt but we move on. This had a very Candid tone to it. Very well written, Great Work!

[SouthernBelle]

thank you im glad you liked it

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Indeed, it says everything about those that tell the tale, well done, good read.

[SouthernBelle]

thank you

[scripted]

To many people judge one another on there past... I can't seem to wrap my head around the fact that people can't accept each other for who they are and not for who they were. I also feel that trying to erase the past is something that should not try to be done. The past makes you a stronger person, one who is more openminded to reality and more accepting of others. Love the write... Thank you for sharing, yours truely Danielle

[SouthernBelle]

thank you so much you took the words out of my mouth im glad you liked it

[Bella]

wow... amazing!! AMAZING!! I loved reading this! great job. And I relate to this perfectly. Keep writing! :)

[SouthernBelle]

thank you (:

[Coyote Poetry]

I got a natural cure for scars. Break open a vitamin E oil tablet and put on the scar. Will disappear slowly. The past is harder to erase. All of us would like to take away bad statements and actions. I like the desire of the poem. Thank you for sharing the excellent poem.
Coyote

[SouthernBelle]

thank you and i will most deffenitly try that remedy on my arm

[sithlordjp]

this one just kept on giving and giving, gaining momentum as I read... Very powerful, that last stanza was just perfect! Thanks for sharing!

[SouthernBelle]

thank you i am glad you liked it