i want a do-over.
now that i understand
all i did wrong,
a want a chance
to do it all right:
not be a geek;
make the right friends;
go to the better college;
love the girl who got away;
avoid the stupidest
of my lifetime's worth
of stupid mistakes.
i want the chance
to live the life
i know i should have lived
and not the one
i stumbled into.
i want to live
a better life, a happier life,
the life i used to dream of,
before i have
too many regrets.

march 17, 2008