Thousand Chances

Thousand Chances

The words abide deeply within my heart

Held tenderly, where my mind alone can reach

Oh, if only you could hear them too

Uncountable phrases, meant for you

Silence fills the air- I long for it to be my words

Almost…but my lips have a different idea

Now, there I go, changing the subject again

Desperate for the time that’s already passed

Chance after chance has died at the hands of panic

How many more will I lose? I’ve had enough

A moment- this moment- ignoring my phobia

No longer holding it all in

Could this be happening? The ending could be so tragic

Everything’s on the line. I meet your gaze and…could it be?

Say the words back. Please. Say the words.

Starting out this poem, I wasn't quite sure what exactly I was writing about. The idea was simply that... whenever I have something serious to say to someone else, I usually miss a couple of PERFECT opportunities before I finally spit it out, because deep down... I'm a chicken. (I feel bad for chickens. They are so disrespected.) But in all honesty, it is sometimes just hard to say what my heart really wants to say! This type of poem is called a Double Mirror Acrostic, so we had to pick a phrase before we did any of the writing! I decided my phrase would by "Thousand Chances" because sometimes it feels like a thousand chances have gone by before I finally get around to saying what I really wanted to say. Now, look at the poem, notices that if you read the starting letter of each line, down, it spells "Thousand chances" :

T...

H...

O...

U...

S...

A...

N...

D..

C..

H..

A..

N...

C..

E..

S...

What's neat about a Double Mirror though, is that if you also look at the ending letters of each line, they spell the same thing! So, the first line starts and ends in the letter "T", the second line starts and ends with "H", the third lines starts and ends with “O”, and so on. Making this a fascinating and mildly difficult poem to write.

As I continued to pick phrases for the lines, a story started in my mind, and I decided to make this poem about that moment when someone finally lays their heart on the line and says those three special, little words that mean a world of change for any relationship... It was neat to write! And I hope you enjoyed it.