Relive My Life

If I could only relive my life Just to undo the mistakes and relinquish my strife To remove the errors that I once had done And maybe forget something, or even someone If only I could walk that path once again But this time not as a boy in the company of men Now knowing what risks I should have taken While remembering all my errors that I had mistaken Never again would I look back with regret at my past Then finally for my future I would be an enthusiast I would be happy and joyful with every decision made Then I would be surefooted, not nervous or scared or afraid. If I could erase all of my mistakes They would be redone and then known as my remakes No one would have been hurt and I would have caused no pain or sorrow As then I would know what was held in my yesterday and tomorrow If only that I was given that one and only chance Into my past I would finally know of true love and finance Going back to the time when my past had begun I would so happily be ready to relive and re-meet everyone Then happy and joyful I would be walking down the street My life and my past would be liken a grocery receipt I would know what I had done and what I had said Then I would know the total that was waiting up ahead. If I could relive this life once again Starting from my beginning and stretching to its end With all the information that I am in possession of now Then to all of my probabilities, I could walk away or accept with a bow Only then would I know the mistakes I have taken Along with all the errors I have made and opportunities I forsaken Just to walk the road that I had walked once before Knowing which paths or steps I should take, and which ones I should ignore If only I knew which path I should either deny or accept Either becoming stronger or weak with pain and regret On a cold chair I sit and not in the tropics under the sun being basked So I conclude “If” is not a question, or a prayer that ever should be asked. Randy L. McClave