Thank you very much to Guest Editor Sanjeev Sethi for publishing my poem in the 'Fictile Feelings' Issue of The Hooghly Review.

Thinking About Flashbacks

Everywhere I’ve been,

days of laughter,

days of tears,

all the promises made,

then kept or broken.

Remembering magical words

that brought me through my darkest moments.

Times when a spine-tingling tall stance was required.

Times where the only recourse

was a bend at the knees.

Times I ran my hardest decisions down to the wire,

times I chose nothing.

I feel I should bundle past regrets and lay them to rest.

While it’s hard to slow the train propelling me forward,

at times, it’s even more difficult

to control the thoughts that spin me backwards.

But I’ll put my best efforts into the goal.