Regret is all about
mourning the past and embalming the future.
In doing so you are not wise.
Why lodge in the graveyard of your laid-aside past
When you can embrace the paradise of your beautiful future.
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Why waste your time in the company of decayed bones
Inhaling the putrid odors emanating from the dissolving flesh of past sorrows
Justling and burrowing with worms as if a place in the stink is a place of honor
Even if a graveyard becomes a tourist destination, it still remains a graveyard.
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Regrets and swollen dead cadavers are the same.
Feeding on festering sores of bygone wrong decisions is unhealthy
Of what gain is reminiscing the unhelpful
Why use your thoughts like a shovel to unearth more dreadful gloom into your life.
I saw a man well dressed in the garment of his regrets
His lingos was an invocation made to the dead
He spoke in the past tense in a present-tense world
Till his pain resurrected and assaulted his healthiness.
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Is there anyone who has not done what is stupid before
Do you think the men you see are angels floating on clouds of purity
Everyone has the activities of the odd and the foolish in his past
The difference is, not everyone is dummy enough to walks hand in hand with the mummified.
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So stop hanging around the place where vultures gather
The land of carcasses where what is decayed is venerated
Stop being hand in glove with the spirit of buried memories
Remembering and rehearsing bad times tantamounts to the reawakening of ghostly emotions.
I have spent time regretting
Till I got lost in the woods of my thoughts
I tried to trace my way back from the land of oblivion
I got lost again because I couldn’t find where I started.
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Arise from the grave of your regrets son of the dust
Shake off the ants crawling up your sleeve
Gather the flesh of your life one piece at a time
Let the Spirit of God breathe new life into your soul.
SELAH.
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8 Comments
KG · February 15, 2020 at 7:55 am
The truth is that nothing can be done about the past. For the future, lessons of the past can guide us and help in making better decisions and choices. Regrets will only bring pain.
Ovyay · February 15, 2020 at 7:56 am
True talk 👍
Regina Ofonime johnson · February 15, 2020 at 5:42 pm
Regret can not solve the said done mistake, rather look for a way forward and avoid doing things that will leads to regret .
Ovyay · February 15, 2020 at 8:02 pm
True talk Sis Reg
Kay · February 15, 2020 at 7:24 pm
I look back, dust off…, and move on.
Ovyay · February 15, 2020 at 8:03 pm
Yes o, move on👍👍
Ifeanyi Uwaegbu · February 19, 2020 at 2:27 pm
Thank you daddy, I press froward to the mark of high calling in Christ Jesus, and not backward
Ovyay · February 19, 2020 at 3:15 pm
Amen