• In The Second Chance

    a second passed
    and with it, a lifetime
    no, more than a single span
    for if one was to play out all opportunities
    born from birth
    it would take an era, an eon, an eternity
    No, in the second
    what passed was a chance
    not the first,
    perhaps the last though
    seconds pouring through your grip like water through a faucet
    dripping into the basin that is time
    to flow down the drain
    letting a second pass
    is like leaving the sink on
    you cant press rewind,
    no more than you can reverse the flow of water
    but to turn off this sink
    one would miss all chance
    so instead
    catch the flow of liquid between your hands
    and bring it to your lips to taste the second
    and make use of this chance
    don’t let the second pass