If you look over the fence
And happen to see,
That your neighbours grass
Looks as green as can be,
Don’t find yourself full of envy
And wish it be gone,  
Instead, water and nurture the very grass
That you are standing on.

Then snake was always you.
And the irony is,
I shed my skin
And left you.

Mum would say,
‘Don’t wish your life away.
It’s always I can’t wait for this
And I need to hurry for that’,
And suddenly years have passed by
All in a flash.
I should have listened,
Time wasn’t mine to bide.
Life is not about the destination
but the glory of the ride.

I asked if there were a mirror
To show beauty on the inside
Would you be just as horrified?
Would you seek to change what you saw?
Nip and tuck at your personality,
Reconstruct your character flaws?

You wanted me to be silver,
It quickly turned you cold.
If only you opened your eyes,
And saw I was solid gold.

Life is smoke and mirrors.
I saw the tears of a clown,
And knew the laughter was fake.
It showed me sadness can come
With a smile on your face.

In life we will look back,
Wishing we did this,
And we didn’t do that.
But one regret,
That will never play on your mind,
Is in those moments when
You chose to be kind.