Back in Time

Is it too late to say I’m sorry as I go back in time?

A rare blend of regret so many challenges to climb

I’m not waiting for the universal clock’s chime

You might think that I committed a crime,

Recollections of life that sometimes keep me awake

At times when so much was at stake

When little lives hung in the balance for goodness sake

When wives abandoned families headlong into mistake,

Fantasies fulfilled at the cost to others lives

Suffering the effects of slings, arrows, and knives

Taking a little one to the clinic over a case of the hives

Making the right sacrifices so that others will thrive,

What could have happened but thankfully did not

Taking care of little ones those adventurous little tots

Hiding Christmas presents trying not to get caught

Knowing broken promises can never be bought,

The magic portal of memory and the past

The things we love the most that will never last

The role of the single parent not a Hollywood cast

Trying to raise decent kids in a world changing fast,

Never giving yourself enough credit for what you did right

These are the thoughts that keep you up at night

The Lord sees all despite the confusing fight

Like when the string breaks and you lose your kite,

Making dinner for hungry little faces

Now they’re all gone to different places

Those days of soccer practice off to the races

Alone now in the dark no longer any embraces.