ThepathofRetreat#Poetry#SALIM#ENGLISHPOETRY

 

THE PATH OF RETREAT

✍️ Salim

Spent the last month 

Out on the east coast 

Just visiting old friends 

And wrestling with ghosts 

Went to some old haunts

But they didn't recognize my face 

Guess all those good times 

Are long gone without a trace 

Who you were yesterday 

Isn't who you are today 

You think you haven't changed 

But they see it a different way 

When you look in a mirror 

It's always you looking back 

But when they lay eyes on you 

Reminds them that time is moving fast 

Nothing in life is free 

And nothing stays the same 

You always have to pay the price 

To walk down memory lane 

Might not see what you remember 

When you get to where you're going 

That old willow tree is gone 

And that river is no longer flowing 

Just headed back home 

With my tail between my legs 

Had everything I owned 

Stuffed into two little bags 

If I've learned one thing 

It doesn't matter where you've been 

It's better to grow some roots 

So you don't go back again