Regrets

We live the moments but count the years
Delight in laughter song and cheers
Avoid the sadness full of tears
And let the old year go.

Bring in the new it’s ours to hold
Forestall the thought of growing old
Never timid always bold
And let the new winds blow.

Funny how time deceives us
Funny she never leaves us
Funny how she relieves us
Of youth and sun and snow.

There was a time not long ago
When I had dreams an afterglow
Of times that might have been.

You were there in all your glory
You were part of my new story
Now it’s just an allegory
Why did I let you go?

Regrets that mount and weigh me down
They take my soul leave me to drown
Lost in fields of sparse renown
Yet how they linger so.

Another year has come my way
So many moments but none to stay
There’s little more for me to say
But not I told you so.