Backwards to Past Sorrows

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    Backwards to Past Sorrows

    Backwards to Past Sorrows

    At past memories Bus Station, I stood out side
    Waiting for the bus to come
    That would take me on the long scenic ride
    along the highway of past things said and done

    Waiting to board the bus were many like me
    Waiting to make their way
    To times of many a cherished as well as sad memory
    Through the states of a bygone day

    Holding my ticket in my hand
    I awaited with bated breath
    Wondering if I could stand seeing again
    Those who preceded me in death

    What would I say to them
    Or further more what could I do
    To explain to them the why or when
    I did all I had to go through

    To get to the time to take this bus ride
    To the past to see them once more
    Those I love and know who reside
    In the state of days of yore

    Would mother, father and siblings I love
    Be at my destination with joy to greet me
    As I cast my eye to the sky above
    I wondered what the outcome would be

    Walking into the depot I made an exchange
    To take the bus to uncertain tomorrows
    For no matter the future ride or how strange
    I refused to take the ride backwards to past sorrows

    H. Wilson

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    JadedJezzabel commented on Backwards to Past Sorrows

    04-26-2009

    i like your voice and you have much to say and share and teach us all.

    Delmarvapoet1

    08/12/2009

    Thank you, I can only write what my muse wishes to share I appreciate your comment

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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