NOTE: After reading this you might recognize some of it from a quote. I got my idea for this poem from that quote. HOWEVER, I did not steal it I just put my own experience to it and therefore, did not steal it. Thank you.

Life comes with no guarantees

No time outs

No second chances

So we tell ourselves…

Live life to the fullest

Tell somebody what they mean to you

Take too many pictures

Laugh too much

Forgive freely

Love like you’ve never been hurt

Dance in the pouring rain

Hold somebody’s hand

Comfort a friend

Fall asleep watching the sun come up

Stay up late

Be a flirt

Don’t be afraid to take chances

Smile until your face hurts

But it’s not that simple…

I can’t tell that one person what they mean to me

I can’t forgive myself, so how am I supposed to forgive anybody else?

I have been hurt so I can’t love like I haven’t

I’m afraid to take chances

So how does somebody like me live in this live where there are no guarantees, no time-outs and no second chances?