Your Past Will Be With You Poem by Francis Duggan

The now is all that does matter as some are known to say
But your past will be with you until your life's final day
From the place you were raised in you may be long gone
But the memories of it are with you the past follow you on
For as long as the gift of memory you retain
The past with you it is bound to remain
The good and bad memories with you until you die
A mere fact of life and fact never lie
On remembering the past you realize how quickly time does fly
The days weeks and months seem to hurry by
You may think of you that you have left your past behind
But thought has made a fool of you and you are surprised to find
That your past remains with you though you thought from it you had gone
Whilst life all around you as usual goes on.