from Selected Poems

“See,

it’s gone.

Move on!

Don’t look back,

don’t unpack,

stay on track!”

“No – tell me why

I should not try

to cast my eye

o’er times gone by?

There’s much I can learn

if I could just turn

the heat of the burn,

the pain of the spurn,

the ache of the yearn,

From ache to ease,

from pain to peace,

shame, to release,

nightmares might cease.

I’ll look back

I’ll unpack

STILL on track

MY eyes

grow wise

See?”                  BACK TO POEMS