Rewind Time
IF ONLY I HAD SAW WHAT WAS COMING TO ME IF ONLY I COULD GO BACK TO CORRECT THE
THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE.
MY MOTHER ALWAYS GAVE MORE THAN SHE COULD WHAT DID I DO ACTED LIKE A SPOILED
BRAT AND SHOWED NO APPRECIATION.
HAD GOOD FRIENDS TREATED THEM LIKE DIRT AND IGNORED THEM THEY WERE THERE IN THE
HARD TIMES.
BUT WHAT DID I DO MISTREAT AND ABUSE THE FRIENDSHIP TAKING THEM FOR GRANTED.
NOW I AM AROUND PEOPLE WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ME AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN
TO ME.
I DIDN'T APPRECIATE WHAT WAS AROUND ME OR SHOW MY GRATITUDE.
ALL I DID WAS BE BITTER AND HAVE AN ATTITIUDE.
NOT CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE THINGS I DID.
THEY WERE LOYAL TO ME BUT I WASN'T LOYAL TO THEM.
THE LITTLE THINGS I DID RECOGNIZE BUT THE BIG THINGS I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION.
TO THE THINGS THEY DID FOR ME AND WITH RECOGNITION.
IF ONLY I COULD MAKE IT RIGHT AND START OVER AGAIN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
THE THINGS I SAID AND THE THINGS I DID I WANT TO DO BETTER BUT THAT STUBBORNESS
WON'T LET ME.
IF ONLY I COULD TAKE BACK ALL THE THINGS I DID TO THE ONE I LOVE DO HIM RIGHT AND
SHOW MY LOVE AND APPRECIATION.
TELL HIM HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO ME AND LOVE HIM UNCONDITIONALLY.
I PUSHED UNTIL NO ONE WAS THERE ALL ALONE ANS FULL OF TEARS I WISH I COULD REACH
OUT AND SHARE.
BUT I AM FEARFUL I WILL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN AND MESS UP SOMETHING SPECIAL.
Copyright © Quondreika Cheatham | Year Posted 2011
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