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Chris C. Stevens

Mistakes

Do mistakes ever really go away
can they be washed out from within
will they ever fade into the black
or does it eat away like a sin

Can mistakes be corrected in time
or do they become set in stone
does life give you chance to change
are you given the time to atone

Are you forced to take that path
or can you change in midstride
must you wear a mistake for life
or is it possible to turn the tide

Does a mistake become who you are
will it be the face that you'll wear
how can you ever face yourself
through life will it echo everywhere

Will a mistake kill who you are
does it overturn all of the good
what becomes of this cross to bear
can you carry it as you should

How long can you face the pain
there inside do you feel it burn
will it now forever haunt you
from mistakes made can you learn