april 2015 pad challenge day 24: memory traced

moments lost
in the darkness

memories forgotten
in the haze

looking down
and pausing
at each word

trying to remember again

what was
and could be
what is
but can't see

traveling up to
the end

what times do we spend
retracing
what we've been

before we can
walk ahead

(said)

poem inspired by this prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-april-pad-challenge-day-24