One more chance

a poem by Anup S Mudugal

Give me one more chance,
Just one more
To prove my capabilities
To prove that I have changed

Give me one more chance
Just one more
I am a rejuvenated man,
With a lot of practice and experience.

Give me one more chance,
Just one more
Don’t forget that it was you
Who used to say ‘you can’.

Give me one more chance,
Just one more
Like a phoenix I have risen
As King Porous did against Alexander.

Give me one more chance,
Just one more
Don’t let my confidence melt,
I have rebuilt myself only for you.