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1/30/2025 for I Dived Into the Cauldron of Magic Potion And Poetry Contest sponsored by Anoucheka Gangabissoon

Second Chance

Into the magic, bubbling cauldron, I jumped in,
my mind, a cacophony of din. 
I had thrown my life away.
So, this is how it would end -
into a boiling hell, descend?
When I was born, did fate portend
I would die without a friend
on this decisive dismal day.

Yet, this dreadful drop, my life didn't stop. 
Instead, I rose back to the top,
and what did I see?
I hadn't, for a minute, drowned,
and, surprisingly, I'd found,
I was small and round,
a baby, pure and wee. 

Washed away, my life of sin, 
but memories, still dwelt within.
I could live my life another way. 
I shouted with a happy voice - 
for each decision, a different choice. 
It was a time to rejoice.  
It would be a brand-new day.

I would not have abandoned my friends.
My life would come to different ends,
and of the girl who gave my heart a lift,
sweet, Mary, kind and fair,
I would not leave her there
as if I didn't care.
I'd recognize God's gift.

But it was not how it did seem.
This potion gave me just a minute's dream.
and I found there is no doubt, 
in life you don't know in advance,
and there is no second chance,
as boiling bubbles about me danced,
and my light went swiftly out.
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Date: 3/7/2025 9:40:00 PM
"decisive dismal day", "as boiling bubbles about me danced" - A poem with high imagination and variety of words. Congratulations!
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Date: 1/30/2025 1:11:00 PM
So well written!We may not get a second chance to rewrite our past, but we can be washed as white as snow…do it before the cauldron is hot.
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David Crandall
Date: 1/30/2025 1:14:00 PM
Thanks Kim!
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