Rationalization, Responsibility, and Regret
/Denial, admission, and acceptance - skewed?
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Is it Destiny
Brings me to this day?
Shadows, ghosts and fog
Shades of black and grey
Chances once not taken
Wagers cast and lost
Promised gold and silver
Paid in worthless dross
Can I blame cruel Fate
For where I’m now found?
Had I no control
Over paths gone down?
Conscience might be eased
That acts weren’t my own
Being predetermined
I need not atone
But as I ponder
What brought me thus
To shift the burden’s
Neither true nor just
‘Twas premeditation
Courses I did choose
Not predestination
And shan’t be excused
I have played my part
Offer no excuse
And accept the sentence
Of this hanging noose
But while judgement passes
With doubts I’m beset
Is it for my crimes
Or for being caught
For which now I feel regret?
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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