Today, as we step into another year, has me reflecting on this recent post as well as rereading (for the umpteenth time) Eliot’s Burnt Norton
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Remembering the past People, places Events, feelings From what vantage point? I wasn’t there …really. Oh, the person I used to be Back when Most assuredly was there, But, perhaps, not present Who has ever been “There” enough Enough to see, feel Enough to be present Really present? Was there an awareness Then as now? Am I remembering concerns, Worries, hopes, fears That weren’t even present then? Who we are now Seems so well-defined Yet all of our past is colored, Distorted, magnified By today’s presence Today’s presence Erasing yesterday’s being Yesterday’s being Evaporating Amidst today’s remembrances.
Remembering the past People, places Events, feelings From what vantage point? I wasn’t there …really. Oh, the person I used to be Back when Most assuredly was there, But, perhaps, not present Who has ever been “There” enough Enough to see, feel Enough to be present Really present? Was there an awareness Then as now? Am I remembering concerns, Worries, hopes, fears That weren’t even present then? Who we are now Seems so well-defined Yet all of our past is colored, Distorted, magnified By today’s presence Today’s presence Erasing yesterday’s being Yesterday’s being Evaporating Amidst today’s remembrances.
© 2013 Thomas W. Cummins
In a dim light... 
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