DON’T LOOK BACK

 

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Never turn around

To look at hell

Eyes forward

Think of Orpheus

Turned to look at his

Beloved Eurydice

Forgetting she was still

In Hades

And lost her forever

Think of Lot’s wife

Fleeing hellish Sodom

Turned to look for her daughters

Saw the destruction

Became a pillar of salt

Ancient life lesson for us:

Don’t look back

Don’t turn around

Don’t look at your past

Especially if it was lived in hell

You risk losing what little

You may have gained

In the present

Remember to move forward

Where a chance of happiness awaits

Forward, always move forward…

 

© 2016 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)

 

https://youtu.be/SBZui057nfM

 

(VIDEO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POEM BUT CAN’T RESIST ANYTHING DYLAN-RELATED)