Have I had a second life,

Would I have walked a different path?

I would have been happier

Giving out more happiness.

I would have been loved more

Giving out more love.

I would have been more learned.

If I have not wasted more hours.

I would have been kinder

If I had been more thoughtful of others.

I would have been fitter

If I had not lazed about.

I would have been a better writer

If I had put down my thoughts when they came.

In these twilight days,

I ruminate on days past

And vainly regret the errors of the past.