Instructions for moving forward

Instructions for moving forward

To forgive is not to forget.

For it is impossible not to remember

The pain, the pleasure, the mundane

Scars bleed into bones.

We carry them with us wherever we go.

Identity molds to the shape of words

We attach new meanings to the unspoken.

Memories come and go with each breath.

Uncertainty derails every new interaction.

To know is not to see but to believe.

Shuffling in the dark with no light

Echoes of voices wanting to forget

Our life is but a speck of existence.

Fighting for significance in others

To be seen is to be noticed.

Rumination claims its victims blindly.

To release is to be free.

Through pain is the journey.

A traveler's quest for meaning

Only happens when starting.