second chance

maybe if you forget me
maybe if you turn your back away
maybe we could meet again.

first impressions make quick judgments
on whether a person is worthy to get to know
but first impressions are only quick snapshots
a moment in time.

maybe if you forget me
maybe if you turn your back away
maybe we could meet again.

is it fair if that first impression
was tainted by a world upside-down?
if my life was momentarily chaotic
and i wasn't really me?

maybe if you forget me
maybe if you turn your back away
maybe we could meet again

and if we met again i know
that you'd find me to be far more
pleasant than before,
ready to greet you with a smile.

because some days i couldn't smile
my face would only frown
i'd wave "hi"
but i think i let you down.

and you is not one person out of a crowd
but everyone i feel i let down
or didn't really get to know
because i let my mask of pain
consume me.