Memory Lane

Wide streets

Many faces

Dead, alive, sad, happy

Some loving, welcoming

Some jealous, angry

Smooth paths sometimes

Broken hearts piercing the sole of my foot

Like wicked gravel

Carcasses littering the path sometimes

Thick forests of old grudges

Happy times

When life was easier

No big choices

When all we had was joy and laughter

We didn't know how to hate

Sad memories 

of those we lost along the way

Those who died

Those who strayed

Those we drove away

And then I'm back in the present

To what my life is now

To all the people here now

Looking to the future; to making more memories

Memory lane in my rear view mirror