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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 © | Year Posted 2011

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