An instance is all it takes
to change the rest of our lives.
A mistake that one makes
can so easily destroy a reputation.

A friend in a car crash has scars
both inside and out.
Her life will never be the same
because she is living behind bars.

And one swig is all it took...

to **** a loved one, who had a future,
a whole road ahead.
He hibernates in his grave
until someone takes a swig again.

A dad who maims his daughter
will live in the shadows of regret,
when he sees his child suffer
from what he did and said way back when.

His little girl will hate herself
until she has the courage
to punish, abuse herself
to the point no return.

A day, a minute, not a second goes by
wherein what you do can turn
your whole world upside down.
An instance is all it takes

to take away any light,
any glimmer of hope.
Everything can change
In a day, in a second, in an instance.