Recovering thoughts

They always say
"Don't look back,
you should never look back",
and I stay the course,
and I say of course,
"Don't look back.
You should never look back.
I can't go back,
I won't go back!"
every day,
every hour,
every second,
every thought,
"Don't look back"
"You should never look back"
"I can't go back,
I WON'T GO BACK!"
There is a pulling,
a nagging,
a burning,
an ever present incesent yearning.
All the while behind a smile,
the voices grow weak,
but still I hear them,
"don't look back..."
"you should never look back"
and almost in a whimper
"don't look back,
you should never look back,
I can't go back...
I won't go back"
Screaming now,
"DON'T LOOK BACK
YOU SHOULD NEVER LOOK BACK"
as the voice fades
"You can't look back,
you should never look back,
I can't go back.
I WON'T GO BACK!"
Everywhere in everything,
"don't look back
you should never look back"
and I respond
"Don't look back,
you should never look back,
I can't go back,
I won't go back"
always the struggle,
"I can't go back,
I won't go back"