What Stayed Behind

What Stayed Behind

I thought I left it there

in years already gone.

Yet certain thoughts return

when least expected.

You hear one passing phrase

or see one certain place.

Then everything forgotten

comes back without a sound.

Not because it still remains

or asks to be relived.

Just memories returning

to prove they once were real.

I used to fight the feeling

and push the thoughts away.

Now I let them arrive

then leave without a fight.

Nothing can change old days

or alter what was done.

No second version waits

behind another door.

You stop asking questions

that nobody can answer.

You stop reopening things

that already reached the end.

And somehow with acceptance

the weight becomes less sharp.

Not gone and not forgotten

just easier to carry.

So I leave old stories

where they were always meant.

No longer asking life

to undo what it did.

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