To the friend I lost but could have found
Had pride not held me back
And sunsets missed with summer scent
When thoughts were chained with work

To the pretty stare from a girl across
My eyes refused to see
And a chance at love with happy days
That fear made so absurd

To dreams that danced and filled my heart
But never came to be
Restrained and painted black
With suffocating doubt

To tears of pride that should have been
Had hope not slipped my hands
And taken all I had to give
Buried now beneath cold ground

To smell the air through autumns breeze
And feel the sand beneath my feet
Had I not expected all
And thrown it all away

Chances lost or fortunes made
Neither matters more
I'd give it all and all that's asked
If just for one more day