I Missed My Own Life

I Missed My Own Life 

a moment here, a moment there i was
and there you were but i was too caught up
obsessed
with petty things
none of which ended up mattering
success
and what it brings
distracted by the trinkets it was offering

i missed my own life
it's true
i missed you

like in a dream that's close enough to touch
i mined the distance trampled by the rush
we crave 
such useless things
all collecting tokens for our suffering 
regret 
a funny thing
stolen from the moments of our faltering

i missed my own life
it's true
i missed you 

i took it all for granted
and now i understand that
but where's it get me anyway now that you've slipped away?
lessons learned always too late 
i wish i had just one more day 

it's true
i missed you
i missed my own life