Free The Past Poem by C.S. Keskuela

The past is the past
and it must freed
so that the future, like a new seed
can grow, and unfurl, like the mast
of a great ship going out to sea.

we must let go of our fears
our anger, our joys and our pain
and simply accept that all from those years
was all - yes, all- to our gain

for it made us who we are
and who we will yet become
so as we look to the future, near and afar
it doesn't matter where we are from
it only matters if we choose to succumb
to live in that past, and remain numb.