Regret

there once was a magnificent puzzle

people smiled at strangers

because they didn't know any better…

we go where we don’t know the way

expecting to fly beyond

the mystery of gravity's pull

yearning to fly free ;

and yet

choosing freely

to shoulder the weight

yearning to be unleashed beyond (where dogs run free)

knowing all the while ;

human hearts go out

until there is nothing left .

there is always that possibility

that we will return with so much more

than we gave, regardless of knowing

we might feel empty on return ...

'pacing the cage'

discovering solitude is alone ...

unchained absolved

restless regret

puzzled because we just don't care

that we didn't know any better ...

© 2013...Harlon Rivers

Notes:

I'm never gonna chase something,
it's a total waste running after 

what we feel the pull
~ now is plentiful ~

nobody needs anything :

“The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings”… amandamabel

Regrets are a waste of time ...
measuring by our pain is a concept cloaked in darkness

... more than a snippet, less than the wind's song