A Little To Late

Today I bought you flowers for the first time ever
Today I got down on my knees and told you I would love you forever
Today I knew we would never have another fight
Today I prayed for God to help me walk in His Light
Today I vowed I would never have another drink and God knows I meant it
Today I chose to gaze at your beautiful face instead of the television set
Today I learned you can not go back and fix the mistakes of the past
Today I learned of both a love and pain that will forever last
Today I found out what really being sorry is all about
Today I found that with you I would have to do without
Yes all these things I learned in just one day
Lessons that really came at too high a price for anyone to have to pay
Because last night you begged me not to get behind the wheel
But I let alcohol take over and it helped me kill
My inner battle with rage spilled over and I made you get in with me
It wasn't the first time but the last time it will be
Today my penance began for the wrongs I committed against you
For last night I lost the only one in my life that was pure and true
Just yesterday I was blind and could not see
Now I see through pain much too clearly
Last night I didn't even get to say goodbye
And that can't be changed no matter how much I cry
Today I could only say goodbye to a cold hard stone
Then turned and walked away with grief to bear alone
For today I laid you down to rest
God sat it before me but I failed the test
Yes today I learned of things both small and great
Only today was just a little too late

God gives us the gift of faith to share. May we give it to others in the loving spirit in which it was given to us. Sharing is caring.