Fate

The fates have never smiled upon my life

The time I’ve spent in love fills up a page.

Instead, I’ve dealt with countless pain and strife

And lived the life a man would twice my age.

If love were meant for me it would be found

But all I’ve ever found were empty chests.

And if I couldn’t swim I would have drowned

In seas of tears I’ve cried since you have left.

I’ve always thought like magic she’d appear

A bolt of lightning lighting up my world—

Someone who’d make the road so crystal clear.

A smart, witty, beautiful, perfect girl —

As years go by that fate seems ever far

And deeper into chaos my life tilts.

I wish upon the wildest, furthest star

For youth and life to be restored, rebuilt.