Regret

You are sweet sorrow
"I am bitter hope"

You are the Past's lies
"I am the present's cruel jokes"

You are helplessness learned
"I am lessons taught"

You are Life's whip
"I am its chariot"

You are a destroyer of faith
"I am the hand of mercy"

You are the enemy of time
"I am its champion"

You are pitiful
"I am courageous"

You are memory's angst
"I am the future healed"

You must leave us be
"I am all that's left behind"