Regrets (poem)

Inspired by Damon Albarn and Justine Frischman.

Regrets—Sarah B. Priest

They say all things have a reason

Purpose, fate or destiny

But sometimes I sit and wonder why

It wasn’t meant to be

Maybe they say, It’s better this way

Of course, I want what’s best

Cause God knows best,

But;

Sometimes I sit and wonder

If she ever had regrets.

A professor, a bay,

Please take me away

In the silence of night,

The fame of the rain

Projects, panels, planes

Unanswered questions

Left under all the paint.

Does she ever miss him?

Does she ever have regrets?

Does she sit at home alone?

Do I wonder? Yes

It might be wrong to ask this

Might be wrong to say

Relationships are complicated

Do you go or stay?

Knowing that some kinds of things

Are never meant to be

Knowing you’ll be happier

But only when you’re free

Say you’ve met somebody new

On a lonely avenue

Happier together, apart

Never too late for a new start

Why do they say it’s better this way?

Seven long years of lovesick pain

Dying in lover’s agony

How long will it have to be?

Before you drown in ecstasy?

To ask nobody else but me

I guess we have to wait and see.

But What if my dear Juliet

Accepted her predicament

Would have she been happier away?

Some things are just not meant to be

That is clear and plain to see.

Just die alone in ecstasy.

But ever so fortunately

Fate found them someone new

Someone they knew

One who’d be true

And once again the sky was blue.

Happier, alone you say

No happier with her or him

Family and children

Artistry, ambition

Everything works out it seems

Better than your wildest dreams

But even still she listens

For footsteps by the door

Hasn’t talked in many years

Her memory is poor

But sometimes I still wonder

Does she have any regrets?

Losing the whole world, it seems

But maybe that’s just destiny.

Sometimes I still wonder,

Even after all these years

Even in his new life

If he smiles through the tears

Thinks of everything she taught him

Lessons along the way

That sometimes fate will have to wait

And tragedy must play

And sometimes fame is all the same

Remembering those days

The glory and the horror

That Will never be the same.

The one she lost but can’t regret

The one he never could forget

The poisonous toxicity

Of love that was not meant to be

But still I sit and wonder

If she’s grateful for her ex

And everything he taught her

Whatever will come next

Must always come prepared, they said

No telling what could lie ahead

But knowing that she made

Her imprint on this world.

Temporary heartbreak, yes;

But long-term true love and success

Some things are just not meant to be

I think about my destiny

The ins and outs of life on earth

And those who make it what it’s worth

But sometimes I still sit and wonder

After all this time

Does she remember anything

Or block it from her mind?

Does he look up from the floor

Heard a knock upon the door

Only to be young again

Wish upon a star, a sin

But I know that he’s happier

Now than he was back then

And that is all that matters

When your hopes and dreams are shattered

To pick them up into a jar

And put them back again.

Sometimes I sit and wonder

If she has some regrets

But then again, do not we all

Pride doth come before the fall

No matter what they all might say

It truly is the best this way.

But no matter all roads travelled,

No matter a new start

She keeps a place inside her mind

And her inside his heart.