Which Regret Will Become Your Cancer Cell?

The chance you didn't take; the move you wouldn't make
The rage you couldn't quell;  a fear that made life hell;
A life-changing mistake; a heart you caused to ache;
The wage you didn't make; the thirst you couldn't slake.

Which regret will become your cancer cell?

The fling you never flung; the song you left unsung;
On which of these dashed dreams will your mind darkly dwell?
Wedlock's binding ties that too soon became unstrung
Or the "I love you" that died on the tip of your tongue.,

Which regret will become your cancer cell?

The poem you didn't write; the foe you failed to fight;
The setback you befell; the truth you dared not tell;
Some unforgiven slight; the wrong you wouldn't right;
Which of these will on your soul cast its blight?

Which regret will become your cancer cell?

Perhaps the friend in need that you failed to assist.
Of dark thoughts that lay seige to your mind's citadel
Such as lips never kissed; opportunities missed;
Which blunder will ball into a malignant cyst?

Which regret will become your cancer cell?