'This Chance Together'

This Chance Together

Chances hear 
A whisper 
A repetition 
The same stories 
That weight 
Say wait 
Hold on 
 
The past has got 
A reckoning 
A you owe 
For the time 
You didn’t 
Know better 
 
A holler 
A his 
Mistakes 
Were set 
In stone 
 
He had 
A moment 
An opening 
In a crowded 
Place 
 
To leap 
Right there 
Right in front of him 
A place for reaching 
 
He reached alone 
 
Reached with hands 
That weren’t sure 
Hands that weren’t confident to grab 
What is ours for the taking 
He reached with questions 
Questioned the miracle of his hands 
Didn’t know 
To prevent 
The tripping over 
The rock 
He stumbles on 
In his head 
The day he is supposed to 
To speak first 
To see the person 
With the future he’s been looking for 
Some days we’ve been longing for 
 
See a we can’t 
Because she said you’re only an 8 out of 10 
You’re a hood dude 
You’re the type that walked barefoot 
Mismatched socks 
Wore the same shirt 
 
At times not even on purpose 
 
Second chances got 
A giant weight to carry 
A giant wait 
A giant hold on 
You can’t go there anymore 
You can’t reach that place 
Says a small choice I once made 
 
Or so they say 
 
Chances 
Especially second ones 
Exist 
Small miniscule 
30 seconds 
To write 
To speak 
To make 
The difference 
Chances didn’t see the herd coming 
The presence of this group 
 
We’re here 
We’re more than our past 
More than the stories we tell ourselves 
We’re ideas 
 
Feel our connection 
The cold winter days 
We worked through together 
Our realization 
Of a better we didn’t see yesterday 
Our yea you’re right 
I probably won’t walk that way anymore But 
I’m glad I did otherwise I wouldn’t be here 
 
Chances didn’t see this herd 
This collective confidence 
Placing the oh this is happening in our step 
The we’re going to make this happen We’re 
going to get there 
The there is no maybe 
Not for this goodness 
This possibility is not 
A negotiation 
 
This one has got a team for that 
For this chance 
For this moment 
 
Here I am 
Here is what I have 
What we have 
Brought together