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Envy can destroy our lives., Focusing on the good instead of the hurt., poetry by Yu/stan/kema, The Past can affect the present.
It saddens me to realize
How much of life we miss,
When we fail to focus on
Our moments of pure bliss.
If we could somehow overcome
The power of our past
That comes and tries to sabotage
The moments that should last.
Instead, our primal instincts
Are triggered to protect,
Ourselves from being hurt again,
So we soon disconnect.
At times our good experiences
Trigger all the pain,
Of the things we did not get,
Or we could not obtain.
It’s a type of insanity
When anger comes within,
And we end up punishing
Those who give often.
We build a wall around our hearts
And steadfastly refuse,
To trust the people who reach out.
We have so much to lose.
How can we overcome our past
And put our grief aside,
And welcome just the present,
With our arms opened wide?
The truth, we blindly do not see,
Is life’s lived in the moment.
Our past affects each new day,
We spend our lives in torment.
We must work out some sort of plan
To take what others offer,
And put away the bitter past
Which we can not alter.
If we allow ourselves to live
Obsessed with what is not,
We’ll rob ourselves of happiness,
Envying what others got.
Yu/stan/kema.