I feel the past
pervading me
Deep in my heart
and mind
I say I want a
future free
To leave the past
behind
If I truly leave
the past behind
What would there
be to see
If the past does
not my future shape
What could it really
be
If I truly leave
the past behind
How would I know
how to be
If I did not have
to the past to look to
How would I know
who was me
If I truly leave
the past behind
From old pain and
judgments free
If I allowed my
wounds to heal
Would I have to
punish you and me
If I truly leave
the past behind
Surrender all inauthenticity
If I was not stuck
in old illusions
Would I need be
anyone but me
The identity I’ve
had must die
For me to be reborn
again
Who I’ve
thought I’ve always been
I would bury there
and then
I’d no longer
always use the past
To tell me who
I am
To be the me I
thought I was
Would be but an
empty sham
I’d no longer
always use the past
To tell me what
to think and feel
I’d surrender
old bankrupt beliefs
Retain what for
my soul was real
Imagine a future
free from past
A future truly
free
An inspired and
inspiring life
The me that I was
born to be
The caterpillar
has no fear
In transformation
then to die
But when it is
reborn again
It is a lovely
butterfly
Only after transforming
death
Not before and
only then
Will it be plain
for all to see
I am not who I’ve been
