I remember when rain would fall
in diamond sheet and icy wall
that I would watch leave yet always come again
there was no malice that I knew
that would be later planted
and bear a bitter bloom
I remember when snow and frost
bore more feeling than winters loss
of merry time, rare and hard to hold
of shades and ghosts that only now
exist in memory and in shroud
how could we save every second before the cloud
time then like moth and night
was both beautiful and blind in sight
don’t forget you stand where I stood
you follow the echo of my hearts beats
tracing them through life's dark streets
a map of mistakes I left for you
strive on my failings
fly higher than me
you are the me I wish I could be
because you will know just how I failed
and what I could have done to prevail
but fate loves you more than I
I only tell you now my thought
to spare the hurt to be begot
from pondering thoughts deep and dark
not to dwell on such things too long
no matter the answer is life still goes on
and there’s nothing we can do to change that.