Hey Readers!
I wanted to write another piece to tie Women's History Month altogether as it comes to a close. I know that change isn't easy nor is moving forward. However, if we stay in the past, then we never really change. You owe yourself that opportunity to move on and seek what the future holds.
Even if you have no idea what that may be, you're still in control. I hope this poem instills the motivation and clarification to let go of what's holding you back in the past and look to the future. I can understand how this sounds like a cliche, but I want women from all parts of the world to know that they matter even if the future is still a mystery. Many happy vibes to you all!
For as long as she could remember,
She had always been moving
There was no doubt in her mind that
Things were changing
For they never remained the same
Until she looked into the movement
That she began
It wasn't forward as she truly believed
Or wanted or so desperately needed
But it was backward thinking
That left her defeated
For although, she did, indeed, move
It wasn't approaching new heights
Nor discovering new places
She had unconsciously chosen
To stick to the same faces
To live in places she's seen before
To play it safe in rooms that knew her
And to roam there forever after
So what seems as a welcomed change
Of forward being,
It becomes uncovered as a place
Too familiar for comfort
But she knew she couldn't stay here
There was no way she'd stay here
Because to remain the exact same way as she was before
Wasn't reaching the Present or anything forward
She was feeding the Past, quite fully and painfully
But to stay here would mean to never be free
She owed it to herself to see what she wanted
The same old faces, dissipating away like a memory
The places she'd seen before, melting freshly below her
And the rooms that knew her name, shelled out in hallowed sorrow
Because to stay behind would mean to allow
The Past to define her Tomorrow
When things fly away, only those who need affirmation in it
Seek it out fully
While those who found nothing in doing so
Banished it out completely
Her future, unknown, but her heart was true
For the Past could never truly keep her
Living in the Present and for her Future
Was the surest thing she could do
And she held onto
The Undiscovered Future
