Looking back

As I sit here and stare
From this vacant ledge up high
I see the pictures of my
Lifetime floating on by
But I don't understand
The messages they contain
Silent as the breeze
And as subtle as spring rain
Weaknesses I see
Emotions I let go
Tell me more of my life
Than I ever wanted to know
So many chances
Wasted out of hand
Slipping from my grasp
Like hourglass sand
Times when life seemed
To treat me so unkind
Now I reallize it was
Mostly made up in my mind
And the time that I spent
Looking back every day
Is time that I could have
Spent so many different ways.