The Second Time

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A/N ~ hi :) 

The spacing never quite works out the way I want it to. This should be split up into chunks but Wattpad isn't letting me do that. But whatever.

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Phoenix

Opportunity decays.

You reach out,

And it flutters away.

You climb 

You work

And it's suspended there,

Out of reach.

The light

That keeps

Escaping.

It withers

Like the end of a song.

The piano fades

And the melody disappears.

All you want

Is to hear it one more time.

But you can't find

The right keys.

Hands tied behind your back,

You watch everything unfold.

You missed it

When you had it. 

And now,

The light taunts.

Opportunity dies

In front of you.

And all you want

Is a chance.

You plead

And it looks you in the eye

And laughs

As it hands everything 

You've ever wanted

To someone else.

The knots burn

But you can't give in. 

You fight for it

You scream

You thrash

And you don't stop.

There is hope.

The binds will loosen

They will fall away

There is hope.

You keep watching

And sometimes,

You see it start

To grow -- 

You see it in smiles,

In eyes,

In laughs,

And in hearts.

And one day

Opportunity will be yours once more.

You just have to find it 

Take it back

From the one 

Who has stolen it all.

There is hope.

At least that's what I'm telling myself.