Second Chance Poem by Gurdeep Singh Kohli

Today in morning I got up
Picked paper for news
Called my wife for tea
But she ignored as if
She wanted to refuse

Why people around
All quiet, no sound
I saw my family and
All they looking sad
What is going on here
I started getting mad
Many people in house
Some of them are weeping
And why in my room
Most of them are peeping?
I asked me and thought
Something unusual I caught
Why no one is replying
My wife can’t hear me
Whatever I am trying

A dear old friend too
Standing in the corner
With whom relations are
Not now so much warmer
Tears in his eyes
And looking very sad
But why not he listen me
Once again, I got mad.
May be his ego still alive
Talk to him, I really strive
I said “I love you friend
And no worry I’m good”
Oh God! He can’t see me
So calmly he stood

Am I..... Am I..... dead?
Question stuck in head

Seeing myself in bed
I felt then like weeping
I said “Nothing wrong
I am only sleeping”
To everyone I turned
I spoke to every one
To me no one replied
All of them kept mum
I wanted to tell my wife
She is the one I like
And with you my dear
I promise never to fight
I like my home as well
I love our children too
I love all my friends a lot
They made my life new
My voice caught no ground
As if there was no sound.

Oh God! How can I go
Without telling this? ?

My kids,
I really love and care
And for you
All my time was spare
Oh God! How can I go
Without telling this? ?

My wife,
You are most beautiful
And in life for everyone
You were most dutiful
Oh God! How can I go
Without telling this? ?

My parents,
I know you were true
And just what I am
Is all because of you
Oh God! How can I go
Without telling this? ?

My friends,
Whom I was really fond
Without you perhaps
I would have done
Most of things wrong
Oh God! How can I go
Without telling this? ?

O’ God! Please...
Give some more time
I want to tell them all
Their love is sublime
And then.... then I shouted...

'GOD! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
ONE MORE CHANCE PLEASE! ! ! ! '
And my wife gently woke me
'You shouted in your sleep'

Oh, I was sleeping.
And it was just a dream
But I remember all
Whatever I had seen
I hugged and whispered
So that she could hear
'You are the one who
I really love, my dear”
“I love our children too
I like my friends a lot
Forgive me for days
Whenever I fought”
She looked at me with smile
And took my words as surprise
But I knew what I meant
I remembered all that time
With death that I had spent

'THANK YOU GOD! ! ! ! ! !
FOR GIVING THIS SECOND CHANCE'
But remember my dear friends
There is no such second chance

I urge you my dear friends
Till now it's not too late
So, forget all your egos
And let change your fate
Why to hesitate, why wait
Express your love to others
Be good and Keep smiling
My friends and my brothers
After things had happen
Don’t ever regret dear
Thank God for what you got
You’ll find Him always near

Whatever you need say
Just say it right today
Tell them how much you love
Do whatever they deserve
Remember again O friends
Take this LIFE as romance
As real romance is just once
There is never a
“SECOND CHANCE”