‘Something shifted today
Something I thought I’d lost
But had simply gone astray
I found that I had gotten over
The pale goodbyes – those white cliffs of Dover
Something shifted today.
I can’t go on hating
And actually participating
With this wall of resounding pain.
No gain.
Lynda M Roberts 2020
This poem was inspired by the concept of leaving bad memories behind or hanging laundry out to dry whilst it’s still dirty, though sometimes nature can sometimes do this in a way that is healing.
Top cleaning tip:
Sometimes you have to just acknowledge that however hard you scrub, you can’t get into all the cracks so you have to simply let it be. Stubborn stains that cannot be removed are merely battle scars.
Lynda M Roberts 2020
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