A Second Chance
To begin again
a challenge unwanted
Now and then
a spirit undaunted
It can never be the same
when a life is rebuilt
But neither is there shame
or any reason for guilt
Your strength lets you try
while holding back tears
Where others would cry
and give into their fears
Where does the soul live?
Is it in the mind or the heart?
How much can it forgive?
Will it make a fresh start?
How many ideas make a human being?
Are we just the sum of our thoughts?
And those things we're still seeing?
Is that for what we have fought?
Born without defenses
blank as a slate
Given only senses
Our soul to create
What of the damage
wrought by time and health?
How can we manage
to maintain the wealth?
End the futile torment,
of a fight best left unwon
Cherish every moment
as if it was the only one.