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What’s Done is Done

Don’t turn around challenge

By Calvin LondonPublished 3 months ago 1 min read
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Don’t look back

Don’t turn around

You have seen enough of your past

Focus on what is ahead of you

Not what haunts you from times past.

If you turn around, you’ll lose all hope

You will want to curl up and die

Don’t turn around

Keep moving forward

The past offers you no salvation.

The things you’ll see

The people there

Will mess with your imagination

You need to reframe

And just move forward.

A secret there you failed to divulge

Will grab you and keep you there

You did something wrong?

You hurt someone?

Lied about your situation?.

If you turn around, you will see the truth

But you will suffer hurt and humiliation

What’s done is done

There is no turning back

Don’t you dare turn around ....

Till next time,

Calvin

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Calvin London

I write fiction, non-fiction and poetry about all things weird and wonderful, past and present. Life is full of different things to spark your imagination. All you have to do is embrace it - join me on my journey.

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    Written by Calvin London