Back and Forth

People say "have no regrets"

But, then, how can you not,

When you look at all your debts

And the battles that you fought.

Making choices here and there

Making judgments and calls

Passing sentences as quickly as you deem them as fair.

When did you rise to your station as the passer of laws;

Trying desperately to quickly conceal all of your flaws?

We all fall for the moments

We all falter in time

Everybody's been a failure in delivering prime

Our products won't be perfect,

And no, nobody's will.

Why expect a perfect package,

When the glass will never fill?

You can take your stiffened collars,

And your gazes of shame,

And your expectation dollars,

And your fountain of blame:

I harbor my own sorrow

I don't need some of yours.

My joy you cannot borrow;

leave behind all your sores.

Let me live my lifelong path

And you can follow your own

We don't need each other's wrath

Or all the shade we have thrown

Our journeys may go separate

And our paths may diverge

But eventually our final destinations will merge

The shinies that you bring,

And your hard-gathered fame

They don't mean a pretty thing

At the end of the game

Only propagated good for the people you see

Can leave an impact on the world and become a legacy

And not much else will matter at the end of the round.

Cause we'll all be sleeping pretty in our beds underground