Be Cool

I would have never tried to be cool. 

Was it really necessary? Turns out I wasn't just hurting myself.

I should have never tried to be cool.

Was it really admirable? I put my old friends on the shelf.

I could have never tried to be cool.

Was it really significant? I couldn't act the way I usually acted.

But it was too late. And all I could do was wish

That my last resorts would have lasted.