If Only

This expression is crowded and jammed 
with maximum wistful regret.
Everyone in this macrocosm sphere has endured 
and encountered regret and contriteness.
You are absolutely not human 
if you never felt sorry for anything you did or didn't do.
If only is a strong and rugged word.
If only I was better.
If only I was strong.
If only I gave it all.
Are the most common phrases of regret.
But why do you have to suffer and go through it all.
If you can show and give your best shot from the start.
Then none of these regrets shall cross your path 
and it would be ashamed 
and even be embarrassed to knock on your door.
And here we are again the endless IF.
If only you did your best and did it right from the start.
But regret wouldn't be invented for no reason.
Behind a wistful regret.
A wiser, more acute and clever individual 
is being forged quenched and hardened to perfection.
Learn from all of the challenges 
that crosses your way and explore.
For better ways to get out of it.
Challenges are a part of human nature because it helps us grow and mature from a zodiac of life.
From a callow and naive inhabitant. 
To an efficient and independent individual.
Flaunt and show your best as if there is no tomorrow.
Becausee we only regret in the end 
NOT from the very beginning.

By: Jay Carreon