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