Don't Look Back

Would you fade away,
Or go astray
Into the fray,
Never to stay?

Would I need to wait,
For that gentle gait
When it gets late
And the world's gone to hate.

I need to know,
So I can go slow.
Wander in snow,
My head bowed low

To know you've left
Such is fate's deft.
Leaving me bereft
My heart down a crest.

Maybe you'll never return.
I'll take time to learn.
Wisdom from mistakes I'll earn.
Memories and pictures will burn.

Go now and don't look back.
It dents my heart, leaves a crack.
I trudge through snow to my shack,
Watching fireside embers over an evening snack.