Past Echoes

Past Echoes

There is a teardrop on the table
From the whispers of the past,
For all the dreams and plans
That somehow did not last.

Despite all, you've emerged now
Out from those mists of time,
Saw the rivers that contained you
And the hills you could not climb.

So you made your way regardless
Of the pitfalls and the traps,
And settled in your castle
With scarce a dip or lapse.

Maybe your destiny is different
From what you'd hoped it would be,
But looking back from now
At that time you could not see
Without the gift of foresight
Just how everything would end.
So thoughts of could've, should have
Are now just scars to mend.

Of course it could be different
From how it's all turned out,
Knowing then just what would happen
We would succeed without a doubt.
But life never is that simple
When the answers can be seen,
So we would make new errors
After the old ones we redeem.