Take Me Back

By Aethelwyne

take me back
a year ago
where i thought i was
living a dream
yet i ended up
as always
a used victim of lies
and lust

take me back
three years ago
when i was shown a world
of sex
of drugs
of loneliness
and told
"this is now your life"

take me back
five years ago
when i embraced
a world of darkness
where everyone hides
the truth
to hurt you
to bring you to ruin

take me back
seven years ago
when she moved away
when our worlds
changed
and we forgot to remember
each other

take me back
ten years ago
when my parents realized
i was different
when i knew
that i could never
be who they wanted

take me back
so that i may change
to avoid causing
pain
so that i may do
what i should have done
all along

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© 2007 Aethelwyne
Published on Sunday, January 14, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Great job

  • johnbevan17 On Friday, December 31, 2010, johnbevan17 (52)By person wrote:

    No matter who we are or what we've done, at some point in time we all wished we'd done things differently. But if we could all do that some of us would not be here today. Think of things past as purely experiences and move forward with the knowledge you've gained : ) great write

  • stormtalk On Monday, July 16, 2007, stormtalk (729)By person wrote:

    cool concept. good job

  • Daughter_Of_The_Moon On Monday, February 5, 2007, Daughter_Of_The_Moon (106)By person wrote:

    I found myself thinking back to each point in my life of these, and seeing what was going on with me. This is wonderful. -Heather-

  • Bella Butchery On Monday, January 29, 2007, Bella Butchery (724)By person wrote:

    whoaw, thank you for this piece

  • PoeticHellion On Monday, January 22, 2007, PoeticHellion (191)By person wrote:

    Was the moving away part about me?

  • Aethelwyne On Thursday, January 25, 2007, Aethelwyne (51)By person wrote:

    yes indeed

  • Lythodaemil On Monday, January 15, 2007, Lythodaemil (8)By person wrote:

    Everyone makes choices, good ones, bad ones. They hurt people, they make people smile. Either way, whats done is done, and you just have to live on with the consequences, good or bad. Good write either way.

  • A former member wrote: Regrets are sometimes the hardest things to deal with. We all have so many "what if's" You did a nice job writing this, it was inspiring.

  • A former member wrote: I like it, But it ends with me asking "what would he have done"? A poem closing this question would be good for an ending. Again i like it...

  • soul dancer On Sunday, January 14, 2007, soul dancer (96)By person wrote:

    Regret is so painful sometimes. Great way of putting it in words.

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