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in poetry •  7 years ago  (edited)





One damn thing after another…

—Hugh Garner



What I have with you

Is bittersweet…

I blame myself
For the bitter.


I can’t count the nights
I dreamt
I could go back
And make it better,


But that’s
Not going to happen;


Besides
I’d need a giant eraser,
a time machine
and Fate’s permission…


And I can't ask
for what I can't get.


So, for now
I’ll take an interlude,
A brief intermission…


To catch my breath
And see
What’s coming next.



© 2017, John J Geddes. All rights reserved


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Again another great work of art thank you! My votes after tonight will be worth 0.02$ glad to have followed you. This digs deep with me because I tend to regret a lot of my choices.

I won't divulge my life story here but, you hit home.
Wylink

Saya sudah melihat semua postingan anda.. Dan itu sangat bagus.

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Terima kasih, @insideeesteem

Terima kasih kembali..
Hahahahhaha

@johngeddes

sama-sama.

I don't read much poetry, and I write even less, but I'm glad I checked this one out. The first couple stanzas are a terrific hook.

thanks, Ian - it's an acquired taste

The past is the past there's only moving forward.

very true, thanks @beginningtoend

I suppose everyone has regrets.

some of us more than others :)