Timely Advice

Sunlight strewn across the deck,
Keeping days warm
As the nights turn chill.
I envision my road, see it, feel it,
And make it heed to my will.

A summer of long days gone by,
I cannot understand it;
I won't even try.
The time it passed, the weather it swayed,
Throughout it all, my obsession it stayed.

Days tumble in and nights fade out,
Sessions that stretch the mind,
Making me want to scream and shout.
Then my shadow creeps up from behind,
Letting me know it held my company all the time.

The years they come and the years they pass.
Friends that come and friends that go,
I watch your eyes...and take life to task.
Can I forget? Can I forgive?
What will die so another can live?