I wish

Looking on facebook today i saw an image that will haunt me forever...why do people put such images up :(

I WISH....

I wish I could unsee

some things that I've seen;

become blind to the vile

images now implanted

in my brain.

Whitewash over them;

erasing the death, the

pain - undo the plethora

of emotions tied to them,

and simply start again.

Regain my optimism;

my humour that's shaded - 

allowing the person that was, to

emerge weightless, unabraded.

Author's Note

all comments and criticisms welcome

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I believe a wish, many of us had held.
"Regain my optimism;
my humour that's shaded -
allowing the person that was, to
emerge weightless, unabraded."
To be clean of regret and sadness. Would be a good place to know again. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[hcarson]

thank you Coyote, your comments are very much appreciated as always

[Coyote Poetry]

Was my pleasure and you are welcome.

[Usman Muhammad]

Very strong theme of the poem and loved the way you imprinted the message into the reader's brain.
Each and every line is true in its meaning. Sometimes in our lives we wish to undo the things which have haunting us throughout our lives. But that doesn't happens and that is the reality of life.
Regards
Usman

[hcarson]

you are correct unfortunately, we just have to learn to adjust and try and find ways to not ''see' it in our minds, replace the images with more happier ones and live around the things that haunt us.thank you so much for your comments, they are very much appreciated

[hellfolia]

this is cool, very true for a lot of people, your use of language is very different to mine, but simply refreshing, could i ask your age - to compare our writing skills? but i like it :)

[hcarson]

i'm new ish to writing and 36 yrs old but shuussshh don't tell anybody haha..how old are you?

[hellfolia]

i guessed you were around that age, you come across as mature yet not overly old in your writing - i'm 14

[hcarson]

haha...i think thats good..is that good lol? you are extremely good at this writing malarky for your age!! I'm guessing you ace all your english classes no problem!!

[hellfolia]

it is good, yeah. well thank you, that's very nice of you to say, and i guess i do, but english in school is very different to just writing

[hcarson]

you are right, way more structured in school, no freedom to really express yourself. i'm doing english in college, will be doing the higher paer exams in a few weeks..i enjoy it but i find it very restricting...wish i had just done all this at your age instead of having to go back and do it over but llife hass a funny way of organising you i suppose lol. what do you find different in classes to say here for instance?

[hellfolia]

yeah it is very structured. were you a troublemaker in school - is that why you're doing it now? in school, we have to right about what we're told to, and i don't like to write about things that mean something to me bc i'll be annoyed if others read it if you know what i mean?

[hcarson]

no i wasn't the trouble maker, i was bullied because i was new and from a different town, i took it for a long time, parents went up the school, police etc it was that bad but nothing was done so i blew my top and dealt with the main bullies myself after years of abuse...it was then easier to get rid of me than the bullies as i was one and they were many...i was real angry as i love to learn..always have, was a good student other than finally blowing my top. then i got into an abusive relation so wasn't allowed to continue college..like a drip i listened and quit for a quieter life but now all is fixed and sorted and i have been enjoying the course with support from a good partner, am doing very well in it..shame it ends soon as will miss the people i have met, but such is life eh :)

[Inject Positivity]

I can understand what you are trying to say here.... You know eyes have a great effect on our thinking, and sometimes it sees some things which causes us so many problems, we regret about seeing those particular things, it takes away our peace of mind and serenity... But that's how it goes, we can't control such incidents and can only hope that we never have an encounter with them.... Lovely my frnd lovely... Such a pleasure to have you here....

Sincerely
Dhiman

[hcarson]

thank you dhiman, its true..i felt my eyes were totally violated by the unexpected image i saw this morning..i hate it and wish i could just suck it out. thanks for your comments, always appreciated as you know :)

[Denise]

Oh I can relate to your poem. We can never regain the innocence that comes with not knowing things, and which we might lose by seeing awful things. Thanks for sharing

[hcarson]

thank you denise, you are absolutely correct in what you say, thank you for reading :)

[Shannon]

Wow, I love this one. There are whispers of hope here as well. I have not given up on being that person, I want to get there again.

[hcarson]

me too..slow going but i guess we will get there in the end given enough time :) thanks for the lovely comment :)