There is no escape

There is no escape

From heartache

No surreptitious

Flight by night

Will steal you away

From the clutches

Of sorrow

There is no eluding

Consequence

It is attached

Much as a shadow

Will remain

Even in the brightest light

Waiting for a moment

Of clarity

There is no sweetness

In the taste

Of bitterness

Regret will never tilt

A crazy world back

Onto its axis

Standing still

Is not an option

As time moves on

Until it is

Too late

To change lanes

When you pass

Through the highlights

Of your life

Coming back

From the other side

In fast forward

No reverse

And you realise

The only person

Never to be in them

Was you.