You set it down for later
thinking it will be the same when you have the courage to face it.
But the past collects interest
and when it returns, it's all the greater.
Like an eagle beset by sparrows
it gathers more the longer it flies
in territory not uncommon
but not its usual skies.
In time, all graves are unburied
all secrets are laid to bare
that which was forgotten
will come looking for an heir.
The past does not forget
nor does it right its sins
it will come to collect every debt
and the past always wins.
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Adam Diehl
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