My life has been just peachy
But life is not a blend;
The good, the bad and in between
Are layered end to end.
I can’t change a single
mistake I made;
No matter how much good I do,
The bad will never go away
Mistakes are forever;
Shame is never cured,
But efforts to improve,
Help it to be endured.
The past is gone and can’t change
But the future’s clean
For a happy, sin-free me.
I’d rather walk on better streets
Than those I trod of errors
Though I know old muddy footprints
Still lead toward my front door,
For perhaps when I am gone
Some people will recall
That when all was said and done,
I wasn’t bad at all.