Words can only be wasted

Actions reconsidered

Seeing the spark after the flame

Makes inspiration seem bitter

Pleas should always be answered

Offers not repeated

Saying the words after the thoughts

Leaves opportunity cheated



Gilt-edged or guilt-free

I'm gilding your memory

Looking back, I see your face and

I hear what you had said

Looking back, would it have mattered if

I had not held back



Time can never be measured

Moments pass like hours

Hearing that voice louder inside

Makes better men run like cowards



Sharp-edged so brightly

I cut free so languidly

Looking back, I see your face and

I hear what you had said

Looking back, would it have mattered if

I had not held back



Fear can never be trusted

Reasons are excuses

Living that life, leaving the risk

Makes quick decisions abuses



Dull-edged and bluntly

My regret can bludgeon me

Looking back, I see your face and

I hear what you had said

Looking back, would it have mattered if

I had not held back