Have The Guts

In my next life…
Maybe I’ll have guts;
Guts to do the things I can’t in this one
The guts to be the person I had hoped for myself
Without a stomach full of regret
And this is not me giving up
This is me accepting
Accepting that life is going forward
But my dreams continue to drag on the ground
Far behind where my feet are presently planted
Acceptance is important
Without it we would only know how to grieve
Grieve for the unfulfilled dreams
And lifeless hope
We lost somewhere along the way
During this life long journey
Forever wanting and craving
The chance to be bigger
And better than the day before
But accepting makes it somehow okay
That today is just today
Although our connection to it has been lost
And our paths mislead
We realise a part of us is missing
But find the strength to carry on
Trudging forward like soldiers
Directly through the mud
With heart and the guts to fight
And when the last breath is taken
If the battle has not been won
I will lie still upon the ground
And know that in the next life
I will have the guts…
The guts to do it right