Seventeen

Could you put your entire life on hold

And forgo the dreams you have

Just for your one shot?

Could you wait until your body is broken

Before you take your first steps outside?

The nights will be long as the days pass you by,

The words you want to speak will die on your tongue

While you continue your journey forward.

Faces will come and pass, friendship will never last—

There is no turning back.

Could you watch her leave you without wavering

When she realizes she will always come second?

Can you live a life of loneliness,

Day in, day out?

Can you live never being the person you wanted to be,

For one shot at greatness?

DannYetman

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