Chances We Let Go Poem by Nudershada Cabanes

We let go of many chances
When opportunity comes
Knocking at our doorstep
Because of what we have heard
From those who have been given
The similar chance that we are given now
Those who have gone through the path we are about to take on
But have failed to succeed in their attempts
Their failures become our gauge to measure
The feasibility of such undertaking
We base our judgements and decisions from their failures
We let many chances slip from our hands
By rejecting chances coming our way
In so doing we never dare to stray from a common path
Where most have walked and travelled on
We prefer to stay on the same lanes
Without trying to experience the things firsthand
To know the difference
Mediocrity becomes the easy path to take
We remain a caterpilar wrap in our cocoon
For the rest of our life
Never daring to become a butterfly