VISIBILITY Magazine Issue 03. (April 2018) | Page 12

133 Past 7 / 15 / 2017
I look at my past self like my old t-shirt Worn out beyond belief until the time comes to admit It just doesn ’ t fit anymore
My past self Reminds me of that time when I wasn ’ t thinking about my mother when I let my selfishness take over Imagining the afterlife Not realizing I hadn ’ t had long to imagine in this one
I was so caught up in the mind-numbing sadness of the past and the escape route to the future and the mind-numbing sadness of the past and the escape route to the future and the mind-numbing sadness of The past and the escape route to The future and the mind-numbing sadness of the past and the escape route to the future and the mind-numbing sadness of the past and the escape route to the future and the of the past and the escape route to the future and the
Two cliffs breathtaking in sight but intimidating to look down from Perplexing in its power but
Consuming in its control While the bridge between them was
Far too unsustainable to hold
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I look at my past self like my future self
All it will do is give me turf to nail this bridge down
While I turn this rickety bridge Into an architectural wonder