Start Over

How many times have you stopped and thought?

I do not have the strength to carry on

But you button your shirt

And you brush up the crumbs

And go

How many times have you taken a breath?

So deep it’s as if you’d been holding your chest

For an hour or a day

Then you exhale again

And start over

Hold your ambitions down

'Til the evening comes around

Don’t be too hard

Since you made it this far

Start over

How many times have your eyes scraped their lids?

As they make their way down

Past capillaries ridged

So you rub them again

Sit straighter and then you start over

And on another day

You might humbly try again

But ‘til then steel yourself with expectations shelved

Start over

And don’t be too hard

Since you've made it this far

Start over