Disregard the Message

Reject the past, our noxious past,

for with regret it does follow.

Reject it all, embrace it not,

for it will but leave you hollow.

It has been said, it has been done,

but still you feel compelled.

Compelled to what? You do not know,

and the seeds of doubt you sow.

So distance yourself, move back more

for I remember what you swore:

Never to love, never to kneel,

forever to feel only scorn. 

So reject the past, your noxious past.

Reject the Message read.

For you must remember, 

she was just a stranger, a mere pretender.

Nothing of the splendour said.

-- 20/1/2024

Theme : Love, Self

Poem can also be found on: 

1. https://www.poetry.com/poem/178784/disregard-the-message-read

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