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Why Must We Forget to Remember

12/27/2013

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​Today
I crunched the snow
beneath my bare feet
and something about the aching freeze
and the sight of naked winter trees
made me feel 
more alive than before

and I asked the cold gray winter sky
 why must we forget 
 to remember 
why must we fight
 to surrender
and how do we let our guard down
when we're ready to move on?

In June
I pressed the sand
 beneath my bare feet
the sea water that splashed my legs
brought relief
and I asked the crashing waves
as they threatened to tumble me

why must we forget
 to remember
why must we let go
before we learn to hold 
closer
and how do we knock down
the walls we've built
when we're ready to move forward

In October
I crushed the grass and red leaves
beneath my bare feet
and felt the tickle of the autumn ground
so much softer than the hot concrete
of the city street

and I thanked the earth
for my life
for my birth
and all the days that I have seen
wretched, brilliant and serene
all I could and could not have been
mistakes I may repeat again ;)

and I asked
the sky, the trees, the grass, the rain

why must we forget
so we can remember
why must we brake
to be made 
whole
and how do we let our guard down
when we're ready to move forward once more?

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