THE PAST IS A TRICKSTER
You cannot walk lightly into the future
Until you have dropped the weight of the past
This constant transference
Of past into future
Dulls the light and vibrancy of life
And blocks the flow of natural energy
There is a fresh joy, a simple grace,
That is possible when we are
Unencumbered finally by the imagination
Or the fixating on what happened
But seeker beware
The past is tenacious and a trickster
It will do its best to cast a shadow upon your life
And you must be vigilant to its calls for help.