The corridors may be narrow or wide <br />Others may accompany or travel may be solo <br />A hopeful stride is brisk and filled with pride <br /> <br />Ahead are frosted windows allowing light <br />Yet on the other side voices are still inaudible <br />Anticipation compels expectations of sight <br /> <br />Without conscious thought the direction deviates <br />Swiftly taking fate into a foreign realm <br />Alternate routes are sought to calm and alleviate <br /> <br />Accumulating countless miles exhausts the weary <br />Does dumping disappointment lighten the load? <br />At the moment the thought seems great in theory <br /> <br />A lengthening past determines countenance <br />It has created a person who now moves forward <br />How will it affect the next performance? <br /> <br />Knowledge gained can be used to an advantage <br />Mishaps can serve as lessons not to be repeated <br />Making the view ahead clearer from this vantage <br /> <br />The future will be revealed <br />As one door closes and another opens… <br />The unforeseeable becomes real<br /><br />Theresa Ann Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/moving-forward-from-the-past/