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
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