Following Arrows Backwards

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Back I go retracing steps. Against the tide I must tread, Following the arrows down in reverse. Each arrow head points back to moments gone, To a time before the dawn of days past. The footprints I must retread Lead backwards on the path trod. Heel to toe carefully placed in reverse, To echo the way I felt at each step. To unravel the memories woven. Rewinding your life's design, Sopping up past tears you shed, Muting the cries with rags and sound proofing, Pulling back from embraces hugs and kisses. Is the toughest part of these retraces. With each step, a tale unfurls, Of joys and sorrows retold, Where songs I knew, old and new are unsung. I walk through gardens which were once in bloom, Where flowers long since withered, met their doom, This journey back to the past, Rejigs it, to could have been!

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