best regrets

wrong turns haunt me yet
taking a chance with this new love
that was never meant to be
slipping in the labyrinth of confused emotion,
falling, crashing headlong into my tears;
boisterous echoes of the past
resemble the back lighted memories of tomorrow

there is no longer any calm
when it rains
everything grows but my heart

the open fields lead nowhere and everywhere
the horizon melts into time,
fate's unique opening has forsaken me

immobile, I am disconnected with today
shackled to the past
incapable of looking towards a future
whose visions clearly haunt my dreams;
those shadows overtake me
grown almost as imposing
as my nighttime memory

at best my regrets are semi-sweet,
accepting today's destiny
until the bitterness wears off




         best regrets
         24 march, 2006
         (inspiration : Lotus position)
         Second Prize in Lotus Notes: A Poetry Challenge