THE FUTURE
Some days I wish
To turn back time
To go back to moments
That once were mine
To experience them again
But with a new angle
So I find new treasures left behind
And discover all the possible angles
To turn back time
Is a dream now gone
It is lost to me back in dusk
Now it’s dawn
My friends and family
Are gone and departed
Moved on to a place
Where they can’t wait to get started
Started on a new life
By which they will live
A life so much sweeter
It fills you with bliss
I’m forgotten and heartbroken
Never to recover
I have no future; no life
No purpose; no lover
Time is a thing
That should be taken more focus
But is quickly consumed
Like wheat to locus
Looking back
At what once were
The feeling of joy and contentment
Is something I yearn
What can I do
To find that again
What must I do
To see this to the end
To know the answers
Would be something sublime
Or would it be easier
To turn back time
I have always loved things like time; of measuring the moments that pass us and trying to understand what it means. Is it a man made concept that traps us in this world? Or is a part of nature that has always existed?
Some questions I had as a younger child. But one question I pondered for the longest period of my life was; “can you control time?” Sadly I couldn’t find any answer to it, and I had to settle for the answer I thought was the wisest; “No you can’t control time because you’re not meant to; your job is to use it?”
I have always loved that answer, because it’s so true. Time is meant to be used, not wasted in trying to gain more or conquer it in some way. My poem is of a person who doesn’t want to move on to a new life or pass on from the life he or she already has, but sadly is the only one in their family who is not willing to leave that life. I guess you could say he or she is scared of the unknown and uncertain future.
Recently my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints, had the wonderful opportunity to listen to counseling and uplifting messages from the leaders of our church overseas in the United States.
All the speakers were amazing and totally helpful, but one stands out to me that relates to this topic in a way.
This leader gave his talk on the concept of ‘tomorrow’.
His name is Elder Jeffery R. Holland and I have always loved listening to this man speak because he speaks with such truth and love and a little humor that you can’t help but smile if not laugh a little. But what he said that really hit me was, “Don’t be afraid of tomorrow!”
Never have any other words made sense to me than these.
I can’t wait for the next time he speaks to my church, and you can bet every tala you have that I’ll have a pen and paper writing down the living scripture that comes out of his mouth.
So I say to you, don’t be afraid of tomorrow.
The future is in our hands; we define the future and determine what happens. And who knows, maybe the future can’t exist unless you will it to be.