The past:
some said
it was heaven-

others,  a burden
yet there were those
who believed
it was a prison
and a dreadful pain

and I
an ordinary guy
unlearnt
and never urbane

who dwells
in the present

pressed by
so many demands
have no time
to turn
to what went
before
and find
no gain
to tread
those paths again

isn't life so strange
people hardly learn
that all regret
and desiring
is but in vain?

Peace I've found
and such I've
managed to retain:
live the day well
in kindness
and gratitude
life then
would be
happy and sane
minus
the needless
angst and bane