Chronic

What does it take to win you heart?
Is it more than i have to offer?
I don't have much, but I give all i have.
my heart is all that is mine
(but do i really own it anymore).

I am so old, is it too late for me now
I am but a dying man, alone and abandoned.
Did i miss something in the past?
Was there an opportuninty i failed to see?
Did i deny destiny as i waited patiently
for what i thought was to come.

I know that i lay here drowning in a sea of self pity,
Yet, i am unable to rise out of these waters.
I shall cease, for tomorrow is a new day for me
as it is for you also.
Perhaps we will trade places on that day.

05.21.1997