On Second Thought

Second thoughts have an infinitesimal window.

A brief inaudible sigh to change your course.

To right a wrong before it materializes.

A wink of time to blithely avoid remorse.

In that split second we are at fate’s mercy.

She lurks in that dark moment like a shadow.

It’s more than just a fork, a road not taken.

Second thoughts have an infinitesimal window.