Hello there… I'm not going to tell you if this poem is set after the movie or the book Hannibal. Actually I'm not going to give you even the point of view. You can interpret it any way you like.
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if I got the chance to do it all over again
would the choices I made still be the same
would I repeat the words I said to you then
if I knew after them in darkness I'd be fallen
though years has passed from that night
I sometimes wonder if what I did was right
and I think about how my life would be
if I haven't took the path I now see
the road I'm walking is from easy
my vision is blurred, my vision is dizzy
it feels like I have lost the truth
the voice inside me has been mute
no matter how hard I try to understand
I don't know why I got here where I stand
deep inside me I fear I chose wrong
I have denied myself for so long
but is there anything left for me to do
can things anymore change between me and you
or have I already sealed my destiny
have I doomed myself in endless misery
I would be really interested in how you see this. Who is the speaker, Hannibal or Clarice? After the film or after the book? Please be kind and share your vision with me.