Regret

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. - Thoreau

necessitous, panicked fingers adjure the uncongenial buttons of a tepid microwave

the displeasure of its turntable littered with undigested spillover from the past like a toxic merry-go-round

gnarled intestines of an indisposed, nauseated dawn vomit the misgivings of a weighty, nigrified night

a half-baked, arranged marriage of unaccepted truth consummated

vehemently splattered in perpetuity

i wonder how long such a nuked, adjudicated union will last

i wonder where they met

why can't today ingest all of that

was that the timer that i heard

never a dewy sponge around when i need one

you've got to begin to defrost before you can sweat

i guess we're never really all set

i wonder if 'tis morning yet

Author's Note

"Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

sheesh Sir Pete! what a contrast of imaging and messaging .. the regrets are nauseous .. but .. be ok with it :)))))))))))))) iyiyiyiyiyi! it's true tho .. facing not only regrets; but fears, mistakes, disappointments .. all the things that add up to regretting .. can and will set us free of them .. the past and the future are not real after all .. nothing can really be done about either .. but we sometimes waste so much energy, emotion and brain thought ... masticating them like cows in a field .. as always .. thought provoking laced with the wisdom of the ancients .. peace and glory my friend
E.

[Pete]

thanks you e. true - it is not easy for us to digest our regrets, such a waste as you say, 'ya know it's funny - when i get lazy and let my guard down is when i have microwave spillovers. i know i need to keep an eye on it but don't because it's like watching paint dry ... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

chuckling over that, Pete! good way to start my day today.