The Past Isn’t Gone

The past makes the present,

It’s never really gone.

Even the parts we wish to forget,

They stay with us.

 

But what we don’t realize,

Is how other people play a role too.

We see and hear things,

Life changing things that weren’t meant for us.

 

And as grow older,

These memories start to make sense.

The effect they had,

The way they changed us.

 

Maybe it’s why someone is closed off,

Or a little too open.

Why they take extra cautions,

Or why they take extra risks.

 

The past defines our present,

In so many ways.

Having the power to change our present,

Sometimes mean overcoming our past.

But the past still brought us,

To our present.

Reviews

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. oh, i have to applaud you for your infinite wisdom ... i agree with you completely ... there's a famous saying "those who forget history are condemned to repeat it" ... and i find more and more people who are forgetting the significance of the past ... like you, i too think that the part is not insignificant ... it has indeed brought us "to our present" ...

[Rose of Gondor]

The past defines many things...a decision you made in the past WILL effect your present and your future. Which is why time travel should be prohibited. (My Muse: IT'S NOT POSSIBLE! Me: How do you know?) :D Lovely poem with a great meaning!

Oh, and thanks for the review!

[rivers]

Appropriately noted JeanetteG. Every picture tells a story...Your last lines are a truism of this life. The here and now is the only moment that is...presence. I too started writing more when I thought people do not understand me. I feel better about myself but I rarely feel understood...Thanks for sharing from your well thought out pages
Namaste

[patricia]

i enjoyed this...and it has a lot of truth in it. The early years are so important aren't they? ...thanks.