Petals At Night Poem by Beatrice Preti

Petals in the moonlight lay
Scattered on the ground
And all our hope was washed away
By the tears streaming around
In the dim light I could see
A shadow of the past
What we were, what we could be
But none of it could last
The wind blows petals through the night
And nothing else remains,
Save the memory of a fading light
And a multitude of pain
So I alone will walk along the path
And leave my past behind
I'll push aside the hurt and wrath
And reignite my pride
I'll walk along, and I'll be strong
Because that's all there's left to do
All the times you did me wrong
Make it easy to go on without you
I don't need you, you're a festering sore
That hurts much more than it should
So I'll move on, I'll take no more,
Though I wouldn't if I could
And I will count the petals lying
On the ground around me
And I'll refrain myself from defining
My life by those around me
The petals will be blown away
Just like my thoughts of you
And the best part out of all of this
Is that there's nothing you can do