Retrospekt

I look back, and I see impressions from the past Am I here now? Or reaching back? Holding on to the years The days lapse. 5, 10, 20 years pass. Where have you gone What have you claimed? Made for yourself There's one chance. There's one life There's no going back I look ahead and embrace the essence that I've made What's done is done from the path I've laid That frames what we've become today and the rest of what remains The blue prints ingrained in existence We're born. We live and we die What is our purpose? Our time that remains It is written, a guaranteed demise Who will maintain, the cadence of our past And carry forth an estate that we demand I see the ghost from my past In reflections, from my broken mask The love. The hate. Moments forever lost The memories that will fade There's no tomorrow. No more regrets We've run out of time. One last breath I leave behind my legacy In retrospect, I see my [Life!]