Moving Forward

The past is over

today is a day for stepping forward.

I must learn to stop looking back

to keep from tripping on the path.

What lies ahead is unknown

but finding out will be better than waiting, alone

for a gate to be opened that's long been closed.

It's time to get up, brush off your clothes

and in stepping forward know;

you are not losing what is behind you,

you are leaving it.

The Dip in the Bed

There's a dip in the bed

I can't seem to stay out of.

I've had two now,

who would get up before me,

going to work,

making breakfast,

I remember, smiling,

how I'd roll onto his pillow

so that I could smell him

and feel his warmth

as I kept sleeping.

Now there's a dip in my bed where I sleep,

where someone else should be.

There is no warmth left,

no scent for me to breathe,

only a hole

where my love should be.