Your fault

No one can fault you for having no brains,
For looking so plain,
For walking away
When it hurts so bad, when you can’t take the pain.

No one can fault you for missing the train,
For using a cane,
For going insane
For driving so slow in the fast lane.

But when you turn the bend
And your life has ended
What will you say
For every day
That you’ve lived this way?

And if they ask you why
And you say you didn’t try
Don’t bother to cry
Don’t bother to lie
It won’t help you on high.

No one can fault you for things you can’t do
For weaknesses in yourself
For disabilities.

No one can fault you for missed opportunities
For words you never said
For books you’ve never read.

No one can fault you for staying at home
For living your life
For paying no heed to another’s plight.

No one can fault you for being sad
For getting mad
For being depressed and feeling nothing at all.

But those people who tell you that it’s okay
That you did your best
That you are fine and don’t need to do anymore-
They are wrong.

Because it is your fault.

For not trying
For not caring
For coming late
For being hateful.

It is your fault for not being there
For being selfish
For not doing when you should have done.

For screaming
For not changing
For staying in bed when there were people who needed you.
For believing them when they told you it was enough.

No one can fault you for things you can’t do.
But they can fault you for things you can do but don’t.

And most of all,
It is your fault
For not trying.

Don’t live your life blaming everyone and everything else
When all along it was your own fault for how your life turned out
Cuz you never tried at all.