Behind

Of't said nights

Of't said times

Leaving these things behind

Whispered oaths

On heated ears

Of't repeated

By aging tears

Blurring visions

Befuddled minds

That could not capture

Better times

Lonely waifs

In empty rooms

Legions of promise

In decaying tombs

Of't sworn allegiance

To Of't trod heart

Far the moat

That keeps apart

Of't blurred vision

By Of't spoke dream

Better now

Leave behind these things

Reviews

[asdarkeyesclose]

'Whispered oaths
On heated ears'

sometimes we need to drop the load and walk forward empty handed. some nice lines in this. fantastic.

[Eve]

Beautiful write Rusty, it's so hard to leave behind the things that we so often must in order to find the right path to better days or at least to survive the hard ones...I am a firm believer in revolving doors that take us from one moral lesson to the next.
It's sometimes the hardest thing we will ever do and you have expressed it so eloquently, thank you for sharing with us :)

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. that which blurs is best left behind ...
. that which stirs is best carried forward because it inspires ...
. beautiful poem ... introspection is a good thing ... IMHO ...