Once there has been a first,

There can only be a second.

A second place,

A second glance,

A second chance.

Too late to be first,

I will be your last,

If I am first in your heart

For all the seconds

Our lives allow.

(Writing Prompt: SECOND, part of Poetry 101 Rehab by Mara Eastern – Thanks, Mara! Feel free to jump on her poetry wagon each Monday!)

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