Regret

   Regret

I don't spend my time,
In regret
I don't waste my time,
Wishing things weren't set,
In stone
I don't want a chance,
To go back
And while I'm not proud,
Of the things I've done,
I wouldn't go back,
And change a single one

I don't live my life,
In regret
I don't waste my time,
Lying around in sorrow,
On my bed
I don't want a chance,
To go back,
To try and make up,
For the things I lack
Happiness, it seems,
Has found me in spite of me

Do I sometimes wish,
That there were things,
That I had never done?
Of course I do,
Because I am human,
But I have learned from every one
But wishing is not,
The same,
As regretting everything,
Because some things just can't change

I don't waste my life,
Living in the past
I find truth and wisdom,
Before me on my path
I find hope, I find faith
I find there is no escape,
From life
And in that moment,
When my dreams seem to be gone
I remember...
It's always darkest before the dawn

jlp December 11, 2008