Moving Backwards

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    Moving Backwards

    Why am I moving backwards?
    It's like I fear success.
    From job to job, check to check,
    my hair is gray because I am stressed.

    Why am I moving backwards?
    Afraid to turn around.
    In the mirror looking back at me,
    the reflection of a smiling clown.

    Fool! You are, I tell myself.
    But yet it hasn't changed.
    Moved out of state to fix my life.
    But it all was rearranged.

    The vision I have for the future,
    unfortunately is a blur.
    Stop the daydreaming of a big old house,
    and make that dream occur.

    Why am I moving backwards?
    Girl, finish what you start.
    Your education means nothing,
    if you keep it in your heart.

    Take a breath and hold it,
    until you have achieved.
    Fuck the moving backwards.
    It's about time that I succeed.

    4/11/05 - 7 something am or pm (the paper is old and torn).

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    keena718 commented on Moving Backwards

    07-12-2009

    i like, i like. I feel the same way sometimes. Need to learn how to just go after what you want and not hold back. good luck girl.

    SincerleePoetic commented on Moving Backwards

    04-09-2009

    ok. i can feel that.

    tripplett commented on Moving Backwards

    03-15-2009

    I'm thinking you wrote the bio after this poem. Very powerful, but honest self-examination requires a certain spiritual brutality. And once started, it is never done (until...you know).

    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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