Forget
Achievements, goals, revenge,
bottled up feelings of regret...
Why did I forget?
Activist, dreamer, compassion,
Care no longer there...
Now just disregard
Dazed, empty, selfish,
Unimaginative confused state...
I can't remember
Captured, idle, fearful,
Encased in life's rude reality.
© Yolande Matthews
July 2004