If only I had for one moment seen,
Where, if I tried, I could have been,

If I could see my deeds lay bare,
I wonder if I would now care,

As I look back I sit and think,
Why from my feelings I did shrink,

How should I have lived my life,
To avoid the pain, the hurt, the strife,

To the past I my mind oft’ stray,
To lose the present, the current day,

I saw too soon the lack of need,
To rise from failure, try to succeed,

I feared my feelings, every one,
I’d feel and fear, then turn and run,

I lived for others, in them I’d see,
All that I knew, I’d never be,

Lost I was, 'tween bad and good,
So I acted how others believed I should,

Yet for all my flaws, I’ve but one regret,
I ignored my heart when first we met…