Stuck Pages

 

The clock strikes midnight

as the soft chimes

serenade the darkness

No rest for me though

for a brain that just can't let go

of the spent events

that comprised the day

Time for a retrospective
of opportunities that slipped away

real and imagined
cause we don't do enough self reflection
he says sarcastically

Maybe if we spent half the time
focusing in a forwardly direction
as we do gazing back

and fixating on sources of regret
we'd have fewer past mistakes
over which to ruminate and fret