I would never
have been in such a rush
I would never have tried to control
I would never have worn such fear lenses
I would never have held on so tightly
I would have kept my boundaries set My loving no's,
my unwavering yes's
Risked abandonment and stood by that
And thereby
felt constant connect
This fountain of regret,
this looking back with twenty-twenty Torturous hindsight,
if I knew then what I know now
This mountain of remorse won't repeat with my understanding
This wouldn't have happened
if I knew then what I know now
I would have gone slower,
pushed infrequent Would not have rushed into such commitment
I would have shown restraint as my feet got
wet I would have baby stepped into intimate
This fountain of regret,
this looking back with twenty-twenty Torturous hindsight,
if I knew then what I know now This mountain of
remorse won't repeat with my
understanding This wouldn't have
happened if I knew then what I know now
I would have known much more,
known that time was all we had for
future depths to unfold
I would have had more faith
in every step I would have kept intact
through the whole
process This fountain of regret,
this looking back
with twenty-twenty Torturous hindsight,
if I knew then what
I know now This
mountain of
remorse won't repeat with