The words “could have been” and “if only”
Have echoed through times with their own stories
They carry the stories of sadness, the tears and the woes
The regrets that we could have befriended the ones we declared foes
The regrets of not telling the truth when it needed to be said
The regrets of saying too much when silence was best
The regrets of not spilling your inner deep thoughts
The tears that formed never needed to be fought
But we didn’t understand then
We weren’t old enough to comprehend
That the chances we took could have changed
What was, what is and what could have been
The fact that someone wasn’t as bad as you thought
The fact you never forgave your best friend after you fought
The fact you emotionally tortured someone
The miracles the word “sorry” could have done
The things you could have known if you just had the guts
To ask someone without the “ifs” and the “buts”
You were too embarrassed even in front of your closest friends
They always had a hand to lend
The friend you should have believed in
When he told you, you were good enough
The friends you should have ignored
When they told you “you can do it better then a god”
The little things that make a difference
Could have changed your entire world
Now, think about something that you don’t see
You’re crying and weeping and your tears have made a sea
Don’t forget today is what will be
And in the future “what was”
Wasting today means another bad tomorrow
More tears, more heartache and more sorrows
More evil more badness more sins
Don’t for goodness sake live in “what could have been”
It’s hard to understand when you’ve felt the pain
To find the strength to get up again
But past is gone and there’s no hope
We’ll live and we’ll learn and we’ll cope
Somehow someway we’ll make it through this mess
It might be hard I guess
But this is a cycle and around it goes
Its life-you will suffer blows
BUT…
DON’T FOR GOODNESS SAKE LIVE IN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.
