Regrets

Blog 296:

Life haunts misgivings of the living
Now and then it screams …
 
It sickens the heart mangled by ills
… a purloined youth
… a jilted love

… a betrayed innocence

It grieves thoughts unsaid
… over pangs of guilt
… blatant neglect

… desolate abuse

It regrets inaction on dire matters
… bleak hunger
… dreary isolation
… utter sorrow

Life cries plagues met by the dead
Then and now it punctures deep wounds …