Another Piece Of The Puzzle Poem by adam shipley

*so this is a monologue that I gave in front of my creative writing class. I'm not so sure it constitutes as poetry but I thought I’d just throw it out there anyway.


So listen up. I have a few words to say. Pay attention now. Are you listening? Did you just shake your head in a subtle way? Ha ha. It’s ok. Now I’m not going to sit here and try to sound wise. I’m not saying I’m even true in what I say. But if my words have any effect on you, any at all, well then I guess it was worth saying.
Listen. I don’t care what you believe in, but I believe that there’s a God. Heh, don’t worry. I’m not here to get into a religious debate. In fact, it has little relevance to what I'm going to say. But it might play a part in the way you feel nonetheless. God or no God, have you ever experienced a missed opportunity? It could be anything, maybe an action, or words that were unsaid. Either way, you just let the chance pass you by. If not then go away, stop reading, because you’re either perfect, or just you’re plain lying to yourself. My point being, how do you think your life would be different had you taken that chance. Think about it. Think hard…think harder… even harder now. See that? Over they’re in the distance. It just zipped on by. You still don’t see it? Heh, that’s the next opportunity you just passed up. Wave to it. Don’t be afraid, bye bye Mr. Opportunity, never see you again. (Sigh) . You fool. You see you were wasting your life wishing, wondering, what could have happened. But in reality you missed what was right in front of you. Now it’s gone. Just like all the others. Ah might as well sit there and cry about it, and feel sorry for yourself. Maybe you can go get a cupcake. Who ever said comfort food was bad? Yep. It’s over, there’s nothing else you can do. Time to throw up your hands and surrender.
Yeah, you can do that, (pause) or you can do something about it. You can put you’re your hands down, put away the cupcake, stop your crying, (pause) and next time take action. Stop worrying about what could have been, and dammit pay attention what’s happening now.
There it is again. Do you see it this time? Are you ready? Your next opportunity is just around the corner. Don’t miss it this time.