Time marches on without regard 

for people who cannot keep up

for those who choose to wallow

for the memories left behind

And yet I slow my pace

to pick up the lost fragments

I embrace them wishing to remember

the eyes of those I lost

the lingering scents of places I miss

the sights I yearned to see once more

the person I once was

In those moments

I wish to recall in perfect detail 

I find myself 

drowning

as the fragments I crushed under my foot

hoping to forget

resurface

and grasp at what I’ve become

stopping me in my tracks

Gasping for air

I finally remember

my guilt

my shame

Defeated, I resign myself

relinquishing my autonomy

to those times I desired to erase

that refused to acknowledge who I could become

Wading in regrets

forgetting the dreams I once had

Abandoning my ego to these bitter fragments

I despise this hollow nature of mine

who is unable to put up a fight

Another lost soul among the river of eternity

I let myself sink into reminiscence

as time marches on without regard