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The Forgotten Path
By Victor Graves
A winding path beneath the trees, Where shadows creep and footsteps fall, The leaves, they whisper in the breeze, A secret song, too faint to call. The air is thick with history, A thousand tales of days gone by, The echoes faint, the mystery, A world that’s lost and yet still high. The stones are old, the path is long, It curves and winds into the night, The wind, it howls a mournful song, That wraps the soul, without a light. I walk alone, yet not in vain, For every step I leave behind, The path is lost, but still remains, A trace within my restless mind. And though I know the end is near, I take another step, yet slow, For in the loss, there lies a fear, That I, too, may be lost, you know. But in this journey, I find peace, The path may fade, yet still I stay, For in the steps, my heart’s release, The lost becomes the found, today.
In what ways does the poet explore the speaker's relationship with the past in the poem?