Regret

regret is the memory of a moment
buried under a landslide of snow
a precious heirloom lost to time's shadow
taking with it the possibility of tomorrow
move on.. forget

yet some things cannot be forgotten
nor forgiven
history comes to haunt our minds
and with it comes the burden of failure
and of loss
move on

the hope of a heart that is afraid to trust
soon falls to the shiv
shame is a taskmaster who never releases her chains
chiding the survivor to remember each sorrow
again and again and again