Standing on the railroad tracks
That I stood on a year ago
They are a pathway to yesterday
Memories otherwise out -thrown
I am in the footprints of my former self,
Warts and all the ugly things
I've shed since then
Flooding my memory
I've walked a tough road,
Nay, I ran and tripped and fell
But strength takes time to materialize
Within the human form
I stare down the long long path
Traversed by many a few passengers
On trains to destinations long forgotten
By new generations and busy passersby
My journey, though,
Might not have been down the tracks themselves,
But in the year I have spent visiting this place
I have traveled farther than
I ever thought I'd go