No Excuses

Out of sight
Out of sight and out of mind
Make a fossil fuel of time
And exhaust it
Bring it home
Bring it straight back home to me
You can hate mortality
But you can’t stop it
No excuses
No little white lies
No more promises left to break
Take your chances
Whenever they arise
Or one day it’ll be too late
Memories
Memories are made of snow
They diminish in the blow
Of ambition
One last chance
One last golden chance remains
To ignore it or to change
It’s your decision
No excuses
Don’t turn away
Don’t say you’ve done all that you can
You’ve had chances
But you’ve been afraid
I’m afraid of who I am
But now I understand
Plant a seed
Plant a seed and watch it grow
Watch the green shoots start to show
See it flowering
With each flower
With each tendril bloom and stem
It is giving thanks to them
Who gave everything