Couldn’t tell you what the clock says
When the memories creep up on me
And try to pull me under once again
Another trip down that worn out lane
Fruitlessly serving nothing but darkness
Days long gone and moments best left
In the past where they are and always will be
No lessons left to mine from their bones
But still they find some way to haunt me
Rearing ugly heads not seen
Since the times they were created
Bringing little of value with them
Just sleepless nights and recriminations
And more mistakes to drown myself
And immobilize my soul in fear
Of what might be next to lie in silence
What waits around the next mistake
To slip its way through the cracks of consciousness
And hold me down when I crash and burn
Again