Regrets

by Elizabeth

There are always things that happen
Mistakes that people make
That can make your life seem different
And can cause your heart to break.
There is also a saying I heard once
It seems like a long time ago
No one ca hurt you as bad as you can hurt yourself
The saying is true, this I know.
I never realized before
How much it meant to me
To be an honest, decent person
Like I always tried to be.
But lately, it's been different
I say so much I shouldn't say.
I never used to do that before
But that chnaged the other day.
It hurt me so much to do that
To change the person I was
To act like someone I wasn't
For no other reason than "just because."
My own actions hurt me more
Than anyone else's ever could
Cause no one else's ever changed me
But I changed myself, and not for good.
I won't bother to make excuses
There's no excuse for what I did
I should have kept to myself
And kept the secrets underneath a lid.
And something for me to remember forever
Is never to change me
The regret I feel isn't worth it
Being who I was is all I want to be.

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