Second Chances

One day back in 2018, when I was fourteen years old, I was feeling so depressed and every single instance made me want to cry. You know all those days when you're in boarding school and you find yourself in between so many emotional phases ranging from good to bad and then bad to worse. I found myself at the worse stage. Here's why: 
1. I was feeling really homesick
2. I was being bullied at school
3. I was going through the teenage syndrome phase as well. (You know with bouts of mood swings and all.)

4. I had done something really bad and I didn't think I could ever forgive myself.

Prior to this day, someone who had been very concerned about me, left me a book by Karen Kingsbury - Oceans Apart. I instantly retrieved the book from where I had kept it and finished it in one go. That book, Oceans Apart made me acquainted with the real concept and power of forgiveness and second chances. It made me see forgiveness in another dimension- the one which entails that self-forgiveness is the only way to move forward after having done something vile and inexplicably  wrong. The realization of that from this book changed my whole life, even to the extent that when I was through with it; I  had this weird and sudden urge to write. Then I thought to myself 'Sasha why not get a pen and note pad and just write like Karen did'. Guess what, I did. And here's what that thought gave birth to:

Second Chances

I tell of birds and songs.
Of love butterflies and fun;
Of being alone all day long,
And dancing under the sun.

I tell of green grasses and good instances.

Of sweet tasting fries,

The joy of being given second chances;

Just like the birds and butterflies.

I tell of a life ahead.

A wish to see the future.

With many paths to dread.

And depths with dazzling features.

I tell of a wintry weather.

Of storms as wide as a screen.

And hail as light as a feather, 

To drown away my despair screams.

I tell of the raging summer tides,

Over the great Pacific ocean.

Of the hope to overcome the rips and high tides;

Of life, so as to obtain an exaltation. 

I tell of the great leaders of the past,

Who have struggled, strived and let down their egos,

To set us all free at last,

And soar in freedom like the eagle.

I tell of a Supreme God in Heaven,

Who has given us a second chance at life.

The grace to be pardoned with rule seventy times seven

Despite our unfaithfulness and strife.

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I had had no experience with poetry writing before this poem, but I'd always wanted to write poems. I was motivated by Karen as well as Enid Blyton's character; Anne-marie in the St Clares series, to make the attempt to write this poem in the first place. Also, I specifically chose the ABAB rhyming pattern with inspiration from Maya Angelou's Caged bird.

This poem is dedicated to my Aunt Rosebud, for leaving Oceans Apart where I could easily reach it.

Well, that is all I've got to say. 

Please leave a comment below⬇️ to let me know your thoughts as to my poem. Toodles for now.

Much love,

Sasha😚