A Thousand

A thousand things I could have been,
A thousand stories left untold.
A thousand chances never to come again, 
A thousand times I was never bold.

A thousand names I have been called,
A thousand words I have spoken.
A thousand legends left galled,
A thousand silences utterly broken.

A thousand memories locked away,
A thousand more not yet formed.
A thousand more and not one more day,
A thousand seconds never more to be wasted.

A thousand moments lost to time,
A thousand more to come on down.
A thousand words committed to rhyme,
A thousand more to come around.

Chances lost and chances gained.
Patterned never quite the same.
Thousands more I hope to see.
In thousands more I hope to be.