I just happened to come across a video of a comic named Jeff Allen. It took a few minutes, but the momentum of laughter grew, and then things got serious. I won't go into details, but here is what came to me as I listened, and learned.
A Thousand Chances
A thousand chances
To change
To accept a fact you do not know
What lies beyond the sun
Behind the stars
But a lonely human being
Searching for meaning
In a blank stare looking back
From a bathroom mirror.
A thousand times
A thousand chances
To forgive the hurt
To ease the suffering
Of a wounded heart
Because you do not know beyond love
Where anger goes
When it turns you inside out
And there seems to be no other solution
Turning towards the opposite direction
While looking back to see how far you've gone
Creates more tension
Fears to face a truth you had
A thousand chances to face head on
But refused to go beyond belief.
Where meaning does not exist
Purpose follows
Unless you face the truth.
When there is no fight left to live
A thousand chances fade from view
And gives one way to death.
D.A. Wittler 3/11/19
A Thousand Chances
A thousand chances
To change
To accept a fact you do not know
What lies beyond the sun
Behind the stars
But a lonely human being
Searching for meaning
In a blank stare looking back
From a bathroom mirror.
A thousand times
A thousand chances
To forgive the hurt
To ease the suffering
Of a wounded heart
Because you do not know beyond love
Where anger goes
When it turns you inside out
And there seems to be no other solution
Turning towards the opposite direction
While looking back to see how far you've gone
Creates more tension
Fears to face a truth you had
A thousand chances to face head on
But refused to go beyond belief.
Where meaning does not exist
Purpose follows
Unless you face the truth.
When there is no fight left to live
A thousand chances fade from view
And gives one way to death.
D.A. Wittler 3/11/19
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