Sanu’s Regrets

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

When Mr. Sanu looked back on his past,

He got lost in thought,

And he repented a lot --

The time he had wasted, the mistakes he had made.

I saw a new hope in him in every moment,

But what he said he'd do, he never did.

So he regretted many things --

The money he had wasted, the kind of friends he had made.

He thought of his classmates,

How they had developed before his very eyes.

He became astonished --

By the progress they had made, the success they had achieved.

Sometimes he thought it was luck;

Other times he blamed his laziness

And regretted many things --

The times he had rested, the time he had wasted.

In life he wanted to do a lot,

But procrastination was his fault,

So he repented a lot --

The plans he had canceled, the goals he had abandoned.

He could never build up his confidence;

So all of his life he stayed back, never took any risks, never dared.

At the end of the day he regretted many things –

The chances he had missed, the opportunities he had lost.