It's too late
much too late
to fight, deny
or walk away--

it's too late
what's done and said
is imprinted
in time's template-

it's too late
a new course to take
the past stood on
before---it's dead--

it's too late
too late to recreate
the song has taken flight
the poem has been written and read-

it's too late
the heart has been hurt
love has turned away
the word is absurd-

it's too late
all that's left
now is to drown
the self in the sea of regret.