The Past
       

The past is what you're looking at:
Sepia, historical, and lost.
Emotions mold and shatter it.

You built this house and shuttered it,
And yet, inside, there was a cost.
The past is what you're looking at.

You thought it didn't matter that
There was a time you weren't your best.
Emotions mold and shatter it.

Are you defending how you acted?
That you weren't different from the rest?
The past is what you're looking at

(The worst, you hope, has been redacted).
While, still, you hope your life is blessed,
Emotions mold and shatter it.

The charm of cruelty is to bear it:
But you've sold out like Dr. Faust.
The past is what you're looking at,
Emotions' mold. Now shatter it.

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Copyright © 2016 Kim Bridgford All rights reserved
from Human Interest
White Violet Press
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