SECOND CHANCE
Come on now,
give me a second chance!
Allow me to repeat
what I was trying to say the first time.
I know my first chance
came out wrong and I hurt you.
I often do that
when I’m tired or I’m not thinking.
Your hurt,
your face, your turning away,
tells me better than words
that I made a mistake.
Come on now,
give me a second chance.
Okay, a third
and a fourth, a fifth,
a sixth and a seventh chance as well -
even though at times I don’t give
you a second chance.
Bummer.
I guess this me is me.
I guess this you is you.
I guess Jesus was right.
Life calls for seventy-seven times
forgiveness [1] and second chances
and sometimes second
and third chance marriages.
Oooo!
Did Jesus say that?
Am I allowed to say that?
Come on now,
give me a second chance.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016
[1] Matthew 18: 21-22
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