Balconies of Time

Memories hang

Over balconies of time

Draping the future in my past.

Sometimes blowing,

Unfurled,

Banners of triumph.

And sometimes

Drooping,

Lifeless,

Reminders of failure,

Strangling time,

Wrapping round my hopes

Of a better way,

Or of escaping from today.

Balconies of time

Draped in memories of mine

Wrapping up the future

In my past.