Reflections and Shadows

Sole

Every today leads to tomorrow,
but none return to yesterday,
to a time when all were one,
and a place few dared to stay.

Choice took a toll on some,
while Fate consumed the rest,
ever steering the merging droves,
branded and bound in their quest.

Skyward gazes and glances behind,
were trampled victims without regard,
save for the sole who sought them,
for the solace of the forsaken shard.