Renew
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I must purge
Throw off the negative
In a shuffling of the mind
Exhaling the unwanted
The unneeded
The misled
~~~
Exhausting the world
And its darkish stains
Sullied upon the good
Pushing out the ugly
The uncaring
The bled
~~~
Cast off the shadows
Black corners deep
The scent of decay
Parsed from the soul
The unholy
The bred
~~~
I must scrape
Old layers to the new
Free what lingers
The rot of old thoughts
The ancient
The dead
~~~
commonsensiblyspeaking 
I must say this all of your poems, including this, has always showcased powerful message, the idea to renew one’s mind, soul and idea of self. But what blows my mind is the format, the way words are arranged, that’s the thing I always take away from your work. 🙂🙏
Thank you, my friend! I appreciate your kindness and support always! 🙏
onward!
….and upward! Thanks, Beth!
Great poem with a great message and something that we all must do continually. We are in a constant state of growth and development and we must not allow ourselves to become stagnant. Lovely work my friend. All the best,
F.
To stagnate is to die….Thank you, Francisco!
You are right and you are very welcome my friend.
F.
I hope you’ve been doing well Brad! =)
I feel like I really needed to read a poem with a message about renewing my thoughts and efforts and who better it be from than you. You’ve catured the dynamic nature of life and its importance so wonderfully. Lovely and yet again an incredibly powerful piece.
Much love,
Megha
Thank you Megha! Namaste 🙏
We know what we must do. It is the doing that is difficult. 😦
Well said, my lady!
sometimes it would be nice to get a fresh clean start…
That it would my friend!
👍