PHOTOCLARK

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Apr 10, 2016

This is for a challenge from Magaly Guerrero and her wonderful blog located at http://magalyguerrero.com/dark-poetry-for-the-cruellest-month-2016/

I hope you enjoy!

This Cold Wind

This cold wind
Penetrates me like sin
What do you want me to remember?
Or are you reminding me that I should forget?
Paths that I have followed willingly
On me have no effect
No regret
But then again, I might
Into my own abyss I drug you
You came along high, soaring like a kite on air
Holding on to you was too damn hard
So I chose; let you go
I regret

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Magaly Guerrero Cruellest Month

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Magaly Guerrero

April 10, 2016 at 2:32 pm

Regret has to be one of the darkest and most bitter of emotions. It leaves us empty of what could’ve been, and angry at ourselves because we were the ones to make the choice to “let go”.

Thank you for joining in! ♥

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1. photoclark
  
  April 10, 2016 at 3:09 pm
  
  Thank you for accepting me. There are so many ways to express ourselves through words. I love that we can remember and touch that feeling we had, or the one we long to have. We can make light of the serious and mourn for the sad.
  
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georginamorley

April 10, 2016 at 2:53 pm

“reminding me to forget”….a time of realisation that can bring forgotten sadness and pain XXX

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1. photoclark
  
  April 10, 2016 at 3:12 pm
  
  It’s amazing what triggers a memory or a thought. Thank you.
  
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TouchoftheGoddess3

April 10, 2016 at 3:30 pm

Regret stays long after it is welcome even when the right thing was done in the long run. Very thoughtful piece!

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1. photoclark
  
  April 10, 2016 at 3:35 pm
  
  Thank you for your thoughts.
  
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Sanaa Rizvi

April 10, 2016 at 3:33 pm

Oh such a fiery & emotive write.

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1. photoclark
  
  April 10, 2016 at 3:35 pm
  
  Thank you. 🙏🏻
  
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whimsygizmo

April 10, 2016 at 9:23 pm

Oh, MAN. I really love the idea of the wind trying to remind me of something. Fantastic.

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photoclark

April 10, 2016 at 9:33 pm

Me too. I wrote this while literally walking a path in the cold wind. thank you for your comments.

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Rosemary Nissen-Wade

April 11, 2016 at 1:13 am

Oh, there’s a wonderful fierce wildness in this, despite (or part of?) the cold darkness and regret.

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1. photoclark
  
  April 11, 2016 at 1:18 am
  
  Every time I retread this I think differently. Do I regret the choice? Or do I regret she chose to sail away? Or do I regret dragging her into my life. I often wonder if my simple mind is more complex than I thought. Lol. Thank you for reading this.
  
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Khaya Ronkainen

April 11, 2016 at 7:48 am

Cold wind can be painful to wade yet sobering. An opportunity to examine and forgive self.

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1. photoclark
  
  April 11, 2016 at 11:35 am
  
  Yes indeed. Thank you.
  
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