Pull of the past

Pull of the past

You are a powerful lure

That draws me inward to depths and regrets

So often away

From the simple beauty and possibility

Inherent in this present moment

Where life lives

And does not kill itself due to pain

Past let me remember you

But not be fully possessed by you

For sure in remembering

Lie hidden realisations

Of past longings which lay so deeply unfulfilled

Wounds and hurts still trapped

Under a cover of silence

Feeling imprints

That beg for understanding and release

But now the past is done

Let me realise it had a place

But dont allow it to exert as much power over my present

For here it is that I must live now

In this body

In this present time

Pregnant with life still aching inside to be lived

Present moment

Anchor me here

And let me find the sweetness

In being now

Bathed in today’s peace and sunshine