Regret is the strongest of all the oceans
lapping constantly against the shores of our
past
eroding and destroying by the smallest amounts
eventually erasing all we thought would last.
Acceptance is the
ability to look at the water
to know it’s cool depths
and possibilities
to breath deep, jump in
and start swimming
strong,
confident…reaching forward effortlessly
Regret is the failure to accept reality
an enduring and unchanging picture
we imagine it a film to be re-edited
a film without benefit of fixture
Acceptance removes the
veil from our eyes
drops filters, brings
down the walls
allows us to see what is
real and before us
to hear the sound when
the universe calls
Regret is…and regret
does…
the things we fear the
most
acceptance takes an
opposite role;
the spirit in our ghost
Regret paints our past with drab colors
unhappy, brooding, dark and cold
making us remember life as glances
blurred and graying and just…old
Acceptance is the
rainbow after the rain
multi-frequency,
ionized, electric air
creating vibrancy where
there was nothing
making us see only what
is there
Regret is a pebble in our shoe
our memories wear to walk this road
it is a constant and painful reminder
what we live with; how far we have to go
Acceptance becomes the
pebble
which becomes our feet,
becomes our shoe
and we only feel the
freedom of walking
because
in the end
that is what
we all
must
do.