Hoping For A Second Chance Poem by Ray Hansell

Years ago I let someone
Get away from me
Only now do I realize
Back then, what I couldn't see

I know that she loved me
As she always told me so
But I was proud and stupid
As I just let her go

I think about her often
I even see her now and then
I even sometimes ask myself
Is there a chance we could try again?

I do truly miss her
But in my heart, I never let her go
I had the chance back then
But I wouldn't let my love show

You always hear the story
About the one that got away
Well I'm here to tell you
That's my story today

Back then I wasn't thinking
How shallow I could be
They say looks aren't everything
That sums it up for me

She was a wonderful person
In every conceivable way
Thank God my stupidity
Doesn't exist like that today

If I ever get a second chance
To show her how I feel
I know one thing for certain
My feelings I will not conceal

What I'm feeling now for her
Here inside my heart
I hope I get a second chance
To make a brand new start


10-22-20/RjH