“Zero Sum”
(2/12/2025 Tom Entrican)
There am I the day I was born with nothing to my name
Well here I am at sixty eight, and nothing’s really changed
So this is all there is to grasp, all the emptiness in me
Where most would not dare to cast, even hope seems to flee
I am often reminded of the path that I once roamed
All the heartache that I caused is spelled out until I moan
I fought battles on both sides, thank the Lord that I chose right
But it doesn’t change what I have I done, ask forgiveness every night
While God may forgive me, there are some who just cannot
It is sad, for I love them all, but I will soon be forgotten
I am not bitter for my past, though the memory still burns
And I would do it all again, but we only get one turn
Still I know my treasures await me, as for this world I want none
I will leave the very way I came, simply a zero sum