Regret Poem by Sheryl Deane

Regret

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Has religious ceremony replaced love?
Has selfish gain replaced kindness?
Has greed replaced world order?

A thief stole my sanity
When hidden in depths of deceit
I kept another's secret hidden
And destroyed all decent aspiring thought.

Now the rot sets in
Revealing a fading youthful glow, which
Levels the height of my enthusiasm
To smoking ashes of a funeral pyre

Lament! Oh Lament!
As bright Venus disappears
And leaves nought in her place
But a whisp of frozen night


Hidden in depths of

Regret
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: aging,regret,secrets
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Secrets cause us to age
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mj Lemon 17 July 2017

...And there is the reflection on the gaining of wisdom! I remember youth as that time when I could not with any degree of skill distinguish between the ritual and the genuine intended meaning behind it. This is a great poem, Sheryl.

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