POETRY COMPETITION | REGRETS

Killing Regrets

Breaking regrets that haunt you

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I wish it were like clay
Things I wish I didn’t say
I’d turn it into a cup
Then crush into dust

I wish it were like rain
The places I never went
I’d evaporate into the sky
And travel the world till I die

I wish it were like the wind
Things I feared for so long
I’d turn it into a storm
With a lightning bolt destroy it all

I wish it were like fire
Worries I carried for years
I’d feed the flame
Till nothing remains

I wish it were like the sun
Relentless regrets
Over things unsaid and done
Like dark, endless nights
I’d turn them into light

Authors note:

I turned 40 earlier this year and with it came many reflections and realisations!

I had moved to Bali with my husband and two kids the year before. You would think…