(dedicated to Audrey Heller)
Nothing positive comes
From being stifled
By the past memory
Or blaming others
The time has come to discard
Negative emotions and patterns
Why waste so much energy
On what has become inconsequential?
(inspired by Kitaro’s Orochi)
Ahmad Shiddiqi
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-time-has-come-12/