Left Behind

I left my love behind and wandered all alone When I was young and restless, no sins to atone The world was just for me and I was made for it And anything I did was easy to forget From time to time I thought of what I'd left behind But I was looking forward , what had passed was blind So forge ahead I did and emptied out my past I never thought of youth as time that would not last And then one day I looked and found that I was old Counted all my fortunes and found they left me cold All that I had treasured had happened in the dark I looked at all I touched and I had left no mark I would share my story but youth will not be told There is no interest in what happens when you're old I am left to wonder what became of all the years And recall her laughing eyes seen through my own tears 2-28-18