A Chance Which No One Offers

by Matthias L. - Capricorn

In the dark there is a door
that doesn't scare me anymore
for i think that all the time
that i was dreading strangers
and my own
i was just scared of losing
all the things that made my life
the wreckage that it is

once again impaired
but ready for my trial
at last i have the chance 
to clear the slate 
i have not carved

there's no need to make it perfect
just a tad better would be nice
i'm willing to trade everything
which is not much
for one more try at, say
the last two years
that made me more and less
than i think i was to be 

still when i was small
i sometimes threw a glance
to the hourglass of mine
back then 'twas the other side
that held the most of sand
nowadays i'm bigger
but not wiser
but i think i understand
that now i'm looking downwards
and it's still the other side
that's filled with grains of memories
the most i think i have

Reason for writing:

    at the end of an "important" stage of life, as so many do say, I sometimes feel like I've reached the end of life, and not another beginning... which sometimes makes me wonder what I would do when someone gave me a second chance to live through all those years...    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2001-03-25 14:22:47
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:53
Poem ID: 61284

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