"CHAPTERS"
by Becky Hemsley 2023
by Becky Hemsley 2023
We all of us have chapters
That we wish we’d never written
Pages that we’ve torn or burned
Or locked away and hidden
That we wish we’d never worn
And lines that we have spoken
That we wish could be withdrawn
We all of us have characters
We’d strike clean from the page
And maybe big decisions
That we’re desperate to change
And we are very tempted
To pretend they don’t exist
To tell a perfect story
Where these things are all dismissed
But do not hide those chapters
They’re your story’s little scars
And they’re crucial to your tale
Though you might not think they are
‘Cause without them all, your story
Isn’t quite the one you wrote
And we have to make mistakes
If we’re to learn what matters most
Yes, without them all your story
Will be hard to comprehend
Remember - some things only make sense
When we’re getting to the end
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Becky Hemsley 2023
Lovely artwork by Diana Pedott
'Chapters' is the final poem in my new collection which can be found here https://a.co/d/a4voxi5
(or via an Amazon search for 'Becky Hemsley')
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