But Once

I’m only born but once,

I’ve only lived on this planet but once,

I’m only dead but once,

I’m only young but once,

I’m only old but once,

I’m only less than human but once,

I’m only something more but once,

There’s so much we can only do but once,

Mistakes and dreams are infinite, let me make them,

I can only learn to live but once.