memories remain . but the past feels different . than when it was new
looking to the past . at what’s no longer needed . informs the future
in looking backward . with mixed emotions we know . we’ll never return
off in the distance . is the future and the past . we stand in between
the past is what’s left behind, as we move forward shedding history
the past is the past and though we cannot live there i visit often
there is only now yet now becomes the future and the past at once
things we hold onto for whatever the reason have a hold on us
even though the past is gone, it’s a reminder of what still may come
the signs are there, but do they predict the future or echo the past
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