Passion…unbridled

When you finally let go of the past, something better comes along. I try my best not to cling

To ghosts buried in the past

Memories of bygone days often bring

Resentment that spirals down quite fast

Spinning out of control all at once

Settling in my mind, on the tip of my tongue

Accusations, insults in abundance

All of a sudden, at you are flung.

Then starts the digging by you and me

Together, we unearth misgivings in piles

Blind to what each other can see

We fight endlessly, words stretching for miles.

***

Why do we flog the horse that is dead

History is what happened yesterday

Details forgotten, we should move ahead

With our old errors to guide future ways.

Living in the future is no better solution

So let us live in the present instead

Let go of the past of our volition

Honor the essence, but bury the dead.

Raging fires within

Incinerating, burning a hole

Rising above the din

Of the wailing of my soul

Carnage widespread

Of the depths of my mind

Unfettered, unchecked

Fueled by a rage blind..

Such was my anger

Fed on envy, greed, pride

A thunderous monster

Swallowing me with jaws wide.

***

The fire died

By itself consumed

As my soul cried

Charred, but exhumed

A faint, positive voice

Rose from within

Giving me a choice

Of resurrecting

Whatever remained

Of my destroyed being

Fate had ordained

Massive rebuilding.

Anger spent, pride gone,

Greed, envy disappeared

As I sat alone, forlorn

Hope in its glory appeared.

Under its calming influence

My soul filled with love to the brim

Contentment and faith in confluence

Transformed my condition grim.

Evils of past now purged

With a steely resolve maintained

Into the future I lurched

Keeping my anger contained.