Time fills past footprints, covering the path from wence we came. But we carry the burdens of this past. Which regrets from our ancestors should we hold on to, and which should we let go of?
And the snow falls cold
Upon our backs,
But still we wander,
And never look back.
Smoke is rising
In the aftermath.
On this pursuit of life
You can never look back.
You can never look back.
The snowfall covers,
Blankets our steps.
We’ve walked for hours,
We can’t go back.
It’s not a choice we have
When we have our breath.
Time only goes forward.
It can’t go back.
We’ll never go back.
Even if we wanted,
The world has
Erased
Our tracks.
Don’t you dare look back.
You won’t find what you’re looking for,
So don’t look back.
Don’t you dare look back.
Upon our shoulders
Rests the burdens
Of the ones
Who came before us.
Leaving marks upon this path,
Until they vanish,
With the smoke and ash.
It’s not ours to regret.
So don’t look back.
It’s not a choice
We carry.
Only a choice
On where we bring
This weight.
And what we choose to pass on.
And what we choose to give a resting place.
So don’t look back.
Don’t you dare you look back.
Don’t you dare you look back!
Focus on the next step,
To leave behind the past!
Don’t you dare you look back!
Today
is the time,
The time to move forward.
Someday,
There will be a time,
For us to look back.
To look back.
So don’t look back.
Don’t look back.
When we're so focused on the future, we forget to enjoy the little moments which make each day a true wonder. Smiling at strangers. Breathing in spring flowers. Savoring spices. It's only when we've missed too many, that we realize how much they truly mean.
All the days
come and go
too fast
So many fleeting moments
meant to pass
That's what I tell myself
I'm much too focused
on the past
Past life
Past Days
Passed Now
On a future
I can't seem
To live without
Ignoring All the Little Things right now
Because the days keep goin'
No matter how I spend these moments
These moments
These moments
When
All the little things
They come and go
as they please
Their little laughs and screams
I'm begging these
Don't come back to haunt me
To take the meaning away
From a life lived without the today
Sometimes it feels like I lose myself,
If I’m being honest.
Like I’m finding somebody else
Beneath this skin
I get so caught up
In who I don’t want to become
Anymore
Than I already am
So clear ahead,
Oh I’ve got sight of
Where my life is going
Until the picture breaks
And I’m lost in the fall
I’m reaching
For all the fragments I once knew
To make sense of
Who I need to become
I really want to find my way
To become the person I was meant to be
But some days it gets so hard
I just need to stop
Take a breath
And restart
And restart
And restart
And restart
And restart
I collect all of the pieces
But the colors have been changed
To arrange a new vision
Dull and blurred
Where cracks
Have been taped
Sometimes it seems
Like dreams can be remade
But the truth I hide
Is that they’re never the same
Sometimes I know I’m not who I was
If I’m being honest
It’s time to let that path go
And repaint the way
Too caught up
In putting the pieces back in place
Too realize
The view is far from the same
I really want to find my way
To become the person I was meant to be
Some days it will be hard
You just need to stop
Take a breath
And restart
And restart
And restart
And restart
And restart
