What do I do
With lingering shadows
Pages of my past

I don’t mean to
Even open the book
Yet I find myself looking back

Unresolved issues
Painful memories
I suppose we all have some

Thinking to ourselves
If I could only go back
I’d change the outcome

Wisdom only grows with time
As our experience grows
Have I changed at all?

Perhaps I should have no regrets
I did the best I could
When what I knew was small

Yet shadows linger
Memories come alive
Some good. Some bring pain

Life is like that
Out of our control
Days slip through our hands

Spend too much time there
Remembering and fretting
You’ll lose today and then

Those lingering shadows
Will only grow
Causing regret again

Make each day count
And let them go
On the very next breeze

The future is bright
Hope is here
Hey! Enjoy the journey