You had your chance.

You had your chance

to steal a penny from time

and pay your dues to eternity

to slap your soul and stir an active protest 

towards a life that always yielded less 

since the day you came out kicking and screaming 

You had your chance

to prove yourself worthy of a love that 

struggled to give you what you needed 

and everything you wanted 

Since the day you were born

You had your chance

to paint your daydreams to life 

to find the song you keep hearing in your head 

and read the letter that is kept hidden inside of you

You had your chance 

to turn that water into wine 

to drink from her bottomless kindness 

to kiss her endless and hold her till you both burn,

fade out into the sun and die 

tucked safely in a warm spoon

every single fucking day

You had your chance

yes you did - 

you lucky bastard

You had the chance

to rise from your shallow grave
and step out from the shadows 

to take the stage and say your piece 

to a billion people tuned in to your every thought

at every waking hour

You had your chance 

to apologize and to accept an apology

to break the walls that you have built around yourself 

and the neighbours that you won’t take time to see

You had your chance
to escape the mad king's entourage
and the quicksand of lies
you tell yourself on a Sunday 

You had your chance

to be in the right side of history

to dedicate to your past 

and write an epic for the future

a better letter to be read by another

And when you come to that point where the road ends 

and there is no turning back

please remember -

You had your chance.