Friday, 10 September 2010

Auld lang syne

Pack away the past
Shake off the mourning
Turn the page
Close the book

Forgive
Let go
Take the time to forget
It’s over now

Be free
Tomorrow
Is almost here
You can see it

In the distance
Where scattered trees
Draw silhouettes
In the sunset

(by Jean-Michel K.)

11 comments:

Steve Isaak said...

Wise, without being ponderous or preachy.

Spare/direct language and lines made this one of my favorite poems I've read this week - the first of them, thus far, actually.

Wish I'd written this - one of the highest compliments I can pay.

Anonymous said...

Love this, excellent advice wonderfully packaged.

I like the novel (to me) idea of actually taking time to forget, and this picture:

...scattered trees
Draw silhouettes
In the sunset


Beautiful

TALON said...

A conscious decision to move on...this is beautiful. The last stanza resonates like a glorious sunset.

Anonymous said...

Love the final stanza. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Minimalist language use added complexity. Loved the idea of forgetting. Thank you for sharing.

Beachanny said...

Trees where our hearts call home, there drawing silhouettes in the sunset and draw us into a hope for joy and peace. Maximum impact with minimum text. Excellent. Gay @beachanny

Chris G. said...

Simple wisdom...don't dwell, just keep moving forward. Something we could all benefit from doing. Thanks for sharing.

Bubba said...

Wise take on the 'baggage' people tend to carry.

Life's too short to go through it weighed down with our ponderous past hurts dragging us down.

Nice One Shot, tuberider!

Shashidhar Sharma said...

Hi Tuberider
A very perfect poetry and a straight verse.. I have loved the song of Leonard Cohen by the same name as your topic and was very much interested in what you have to say.. and you said it simply...beautifully... loved the last lines..

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Claudia said...

..Where scattered trees
Draw silhouettes
In the sunset...loved that last line and the message in your poem

Helena Malheur said...

Great message... "pack away the past" - starts it very nicely and loved the last stanza as well; it's very beautiful.