~If I Never Got Another Chance~
If I never got another chance
To smile and say “hello”
If I could choose, is this this way
That I’d want it to go?
Will I be sad when I look back
At things I should have said…
Or, perhaps, things that I shouldn’t have –
When one of us is dead?
Life does not come with guarantees
“no man knows the hour”
I need to live this life a way
That is within my power
I need not know just how I feel,
But know the reasons why
And then stand in someone elses’ shoes
At least, I need to try.
To hear the words they, too, have said
And how those made me feel
This isn’t a rehearsal…
This life is very, very real.
So say “I’m sorry” even when
I’m sure it’s not just me
I need to script an ending
The way that it should be.
Before this day is over,
This all could be no more.
And I’ll stand face to face with one –
THE one who’s keeping score.
Give me quality of life
Let me, a blessing be
Let there be so much “good” within
That everyone can see
And everyone can feel the love
That luckily, I’ve known
Let me extend compassion
That I, too, have been shown.
Give me a healing heart – and words
That help everyone know
If I never get another chance,
To smile, and say “hello”.