(dedicated to Audrey Heller) <br /> <br />Nothing positive comes <br />From being stifled <br />By the past memory <br />Or blaming others <br /> <br />The time has come to discard <br />Negative emotions and patterns <br />Why waste so much energy <br />On what has become inconsequential? <br /> <br />(inspired by Kitaro’s Orochi)<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-time-has-come-12/