CHANCES ARE

CHANCES ARE

And so it begins the nightmare
You wouldn't know and you wouldn't care
All your walls when they start to crumble
And the dreams they start to tumble

Winds of change never started to blow
As your countenance loses its glow
You start to question all that you know
River of life starts a backwards flow

Who will be there to hold your hand
There for you to help you stand
Passage of life is such a savage
When each breath itself becomes a ravage

You lie alone there next to your lover
All those nightmares you kept undercover
Come out to play in the room that is dark
Empty walls of a house that is stark

Dream of the chances that never were taken
What you thought was true love has now been forsaken
An empty nest that never got finished
What life doesn't give, has all to be taken

M. N. R.
27 JUNE 2018