And Sometimes, Just Sometimes...

To Mourn and to Live

As with many things related to my writing, this started with a prompt, right here on Substack. Patty Bee included me in this challenge she received from another writer, Gary L Taylor. What fun we have inspiring and promoting one another. The initial prompt is highlighted at the beginning of this piece.

And sometimes,

Just sometimes now,

I still mourn…

The loss of my inner child,

The spirit I once held between my fingers

The person I could have been.

I still mourn…

The family I lost,

The “what could have been” for us,

Our best efforts

Broken from the beginning.

I still mourn…

The moments wasted, the time lost

On a life that wasn’t meant for me

But the life I lived anyway.

And sometimes,

Just sometimes now,

I stop mourning the loss and pick up the living.

I don’t want to mourn a past I couldn’t control.

I want to live in the present where I can be…