Why should I look back? <br />When I only see <br />Pain I cannot numb <br />because I have inflicted it; <br />faces of those I've loved, <br />suffering, laid low, <br />though I emerged, <br />with victory in my treacherous heart. <br /> <br />No hero I, <br />escaping from the labyrinth, <br />but I drag the blood-stained string <br />out of the cavern's mouth, <br />that I have carried <br />through the maze of years: <br />the fraying, tenuous link <br />with what has been. <br /> <br />And now, <br />should I reel it in, <br />hand over hand, <br />along the forked path I've run? <br />At every turn <br />I made my choice, <br />I took the path to freedom <br />and left the bodies bleeding where they lay.<br /><br />Janice Windle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pains-and-regrets-collection-escape-from-the-labyrinth/
