Past Mistakes, Todays Regrets

Thoughts replay in the mind,

One especially stands out.

Those words once spoken to me

In the beginning,

“We all make mistakes, honey.”

The words came across as

Compassionate, understanding and what not.

Only to find out what the devil has lain

Out in front of me, within my own mind.

The mistakes I’ve made in my life until now,

Regret fills me to overflow.

I kick myself nightly, always have,

Since then.

I know now what Fate has dealt me.

Condemned my soul to wander alone.

Across time it shall, a mere wraith,

Nothing more.

I thought I could trust you,

Share my pain with you,

So understanding, you seemed to be.

Yet, now that is lost as I cry alone,

In the shadows where life is haunting.

For they are my only friends, these shadows

In which I haunt, only left to silent cries

Of regret.

Past mistakes do come back to haunt us.

That much I know now is so very true

As I weep in darkness eternal

Forever alone in shadow.