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Journey to Yesterday

I wanted to live a life in reverse
Time.
  Space.
    Matter.
    designed in a multiverse
  of emotions and memories
connected inversely..

So that,
the past becomes a journey
to a future yet unknown
with tokens of mistakes and failures
we would have to pay
on this journey to yesterday

A journey where flaws were the bond-masters
of slavery to our self-esteem
A journey where you begin a song
that ends with notes structured
to always sound wrong.

We told so many stories to our conscience
convincing it that our mistakes
was part of a grand design
to make us warriors
able to challenge our fears
to a duel
and win flawlessly.

We even lied to our sanity.
Preaching to her.
The sermon of spontaneity.
Convincing her that there is a herbalist
that could make you rich
by being lazy.

And so we thought
and were governed by these
into experiences that said otherwise
Our tears tasted like salt
We choked in sullen grief
when our beliefs
were beheaded and hanged on a pike.

We now live with memories
  of the murder
reminding us that mistakes
  is the mother
Of greatness
  designed in a multiverse
  of emotions and memories
connected inversely..

  so that,
our past becomes a journey
to a future yet unknown.

© Danny El

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