Can I Get A Second Chance? (Poem)

Can I Get A Second Chance? 

2012 Poem

Can I Get A Second Chance???

 I feel like the girl who keeps running into the same men over and over again

He starts off handsome, nice, a little insecure

 He believes in chivalry, holding doors open and always giving out unwarranted compliments

Brags about his achievements and allows me to listen to his future plans

He's not the traditional man

Doesn't want to become a doctor, lawyer, banker or even engineer

 His goals, they stretch past the achievements of a nurse, mailman, singer, or rapper

This man, each man, the ones I always want to refer to as my man, dream of ruling the world

 They're entrepreneurs who dream of making millions of dollars, driving fast cars, living in fancy houses, and giving the women in their lives everything they could imagine

 Their big dreams lead to lots of small lies

 Instead of looking at what they have they're ashamed of where they're at, but they don't want to show it

 They convince me it'll get better

 "Dinner nights out are coming soon. 

We'll go to the movies tomorrow. 

When the weather's better we'll chill at the park. 

That concert's expensive, maybe next time." 

Tomorrows and next times never come around, but I know it will never happen.

 I've been there before

Each guy, different looks, different heights, never the same color eyes, voices always sound different, skin color tends to vary, but they all come off the same way

 Very goal driven but lacking in the ways that it takes to build a relationship

 But I don't know if a better man exists

 So can I get a second chance to be with him, different man, different name, but same game, all over again?

Okay, so I was listening to Elle Varner's song "Refill" before I wrote this. Can you tell?