one more chance

I don't know where your mind was

maybe you came to your senses

see what the fuss is all about

deciding you should take a risk 

the boat is pushing back from shore 

you're running down the pier

the gang plank is pulled back now

one more chance missed here

I can see you standing there 

my hair blowing in the breeze 

shading my eyes from the sun

one tear slips down my cheek 

the things we thought we wanted

like waves hitting on the shore 

and I can barely see you now

but I wave to you once more

 

while we both were searching 

wading that river of doubt 

it was so easy to fall into 

so much harder to get out

 

I left without a compass 

using the sun is the best guide 

and I can barely see you 

but I wave for the last time

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License