Minute By Minute
“Maybe if you carried bad memories around long enough, they’ll start to change how you walked, how you talked. How you thought.”
Julia Keller
As dusk turns to dawn; day into night
Our lives unfold thus; minute by minute
Some brilliant as the early morning light
Others so somber, melancholy grips the spirit
We count the leaves in the tree of life
The verdant joyful ones, we lovingly mark
But the leaves that cause us pain and strife
We cast them out; we let them float in the dark
But perhaps, cheerless memories we keep instead
For always, there are lessons to be learned
From when we shed tears; or so angry we saw red
Or when we played with fire and got burned!
So when we slowly turn the pages of our books
Let’s rejoice, celebrate every happy moment
But let’s dog-ear pages showing our martyred looks
For hind sight brings undisturbed enjoyment!
03/14/2022
© F Aparici
To those who lived through the Marcos years, may they remember the unpleasant times - and vote accordingly.
#04142017Reflections
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Nelson D Reyes
3yVery well put Brod. And timely. Lessons learned will keep us on the right path-not making the same mistakes that brought us pain and tribulation. Like. Thanks Brod.
Francis Aparici
3y@Nelson Indeed Brod. I find it amazing and disheartening to know our society as a whole has forgotten what that family put us through.
Nelson D Reyes
3yLove the cover photo.
Francis Aparici
3yIn Google if you search for “amazing photos” it will take you to all amazing photographs. Some of them simply unbelievable and out of this world.
Francisco P.
3yWell said brod! There's a saying.."Life's greatest lessons are usually learned at the worst times and from the worst mistakes."
Francis Aparici
3y@Francisco Potato Amen! And amen! Thanks for liking Brod. 😊😊👍👍
Charlotte B. Williams
3yExperience is the best teacher right.
Francis Aparici
3yYes it is Charlotte. Experience teaches us lessons. Thanks for liking.