Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Regretful Wishes Comments
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I awoke this morning
And wished it had been all a dream
The horrific nightmare which unfolded
Twisted faces fraught with pain
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Matthew Holloway
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8/27/2025 2:51:14 PM # 1.0.0
You have defined regret in this well written poem. I would say you nailed it to the wall except regrets are seldom pinned down- -they follow us like those Hounds of Heaven which I thought should be called the Hounds of Hell. We cannot change the things we have done, hopefully some day we can forgive ourselves instead. A remarkable journey of the soul here, Matthew.
Thank you I am on a path towards forgiving myself. I like the hounds line and have used similar before using Winston Churchill's reference for depression being the black dog