No Second Chance...

One life, no rebirth, no second chances

So much of heartache, nay a finger to wipe our tears

We make, we break, and we mess up things

Not once do we care for another’s feelings

A ‘sorry’ can mend but cannot undo anything once life is spent

A smile can repair what life has laid bare

But even that’s stolen, replaced by despair

We love fiercely but hide behind a mask hurting inside

Afraid to reveal our emotions inside

Till the day we realize that life has passed on by

Without a second glance and the one we loved

Has moved on just like life itself

We build up a fortress of false pride

And allow only pain and hatred inside

We wait in vain for someone to scale the walls

But no one cares for an ego that tall

We blame fate for things we can’t undo

We chase rainbows looking for that pot of gold

But fail to see the beauty in a gentle soul – the promise of wealth untold

We bicker and fight never knowing that it might be our last night

And our sorry tears are wasted like water on a desert of snow.

We erect bridges only to tear them down

Once built by love, now easy to disown

We covet that which is not ours

And in our envy, destroy a love once held so dear

We don’t hesitate to crush heads on our way to success

Bought at a price that’s disastrous

We rant and we rave for things we can’t take to our graves

We justify our actions to satisfy our fake sides

And then toss and turn at the rot accumulated inside

And when death finally catches up, there’s nothing left of us

Just a wasted mass of flesh that reeks of decay, with

Not a second chance to prove its worth again.