The Choice

A lapse in judgement.
A weak moment.
Caught up in the passion
I let my guard down.

It didn't take much
To end up in this place.
Now you're just a mistake
I need to erase.

Another soul meets its end
Before it takes its first breath
Another life never lived.
It was inconvenient
Another voice never heard.
It was not important.
Another tear never cried
Except by those who survive.

You're complicated.
You're too expensive.
I'm in this alone and
Don't think that I can take it.

I've got other plans.
You'll get in the way.
You were too early
And I wasn't ready.

Another soul meets its end
Before it takes its first breath
Another life never lived.
It was inconvenient
Another voice never heard.
It was not important.
Another tear never cried
Except by those who survive.

Now we'll never know
What you could have become.
We'll never see
The things you could have done.
You're a miracle we treat like a disease.
The world gave me the choice
And I chose me.

So your soul meets its end
Before you take your first breath.
Another life never lived.
It was inconvenient.
Another voice never heard.
You were not important.
Another tear never cried.
Just mine.