Leaving behind <br />Disappointment and the loss <br />Of what could be <br />But has not come to pass <br />Is difficult <br /> <br />These invisible whips <br />Lash unforgiving <br />Till we accept the pain <br />As a natural outcome <br />Of the choices we made <br /> <br />No one is to blame for the pain <br />But ourselves <br />For refusing to see <br />What now seems obvious <br />But was fogged out, with love<br /><br />Anita Atina<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invisible-whips/