The Butterfly Effect
The motion of one wing
One little action changes
So many different future things

What if I just slept in
Took a sick day with a cough
I wouldn’t have been driving
When the airbags went off

The surgeon said something and then
I felt the pain again
My heart beat stops
Blood pressure drops
The lights begin to dim

I’m outside my biology
Watching my biography play

My life flashed in front of my eyes
My life flashed in front of my eyes
My life flashed in front of my

Who I am and who I’ve been and
Time limit: seven minutes
Every beginning leads to an ending
There’s no defending myself
Pretending I’m better than anyone else
‘Cause ego’s a shell game, it’s a hell framed
By insecurities, lack of maturity
Versions and versions the best and the worse of mistaken identity
I pretend to be somebody other than me
The enemy of what I wanted to be
Epiphany: “Love will conquer all”
And for the first time in my whole life I think I finally see

Strange little hospital room
For me to end so soon
My empire schemes
Aggrandized dreams

Soon to be entombed

I read when I was a kid
That after your heartbeat stops
You still have 7 minutes
Before your brainwaves shut off

The irony merits a grin
If I wasn’t outside of my skin
That this is the last of the memories past Of the 7 minutes I’m in

My life flashed in front of my eyes
(Staring at the short film of my life)
My life flashed in front of my eyes
(Never thought today would be my time)
My life flashed in front of my eyes
(Death never gave no reason why)
My life flashed in front of my
Wake Up, Mr. Crow!
My life flashed in front of my