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Open Poetry #41

On Looking Back

Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2008-01-17 05:41 PM

When a man looks back upon his youth-
And he’s feeling reminiscent,
He tends to see unvarnished truth-
Don’t call life what it isn’t.

Decisions he once justified-
Though often made in haste,
Now viewed as moral suicide,
He sighs, ‘Ah, what a waste.’

Decisions made, and vows he broke-
And confidence betrayed…
He now regrets harsh words he spoke,
The many times he strayed.

If he could do it o’er again-
He’d walk a straighter track,
How sad the lessons learned by men,
Only by looking back.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2008-01-17 05:43 PM

Great to read you again, John. I always enjoy your rhyming~~

M

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2008-01-17 06:03 PM

Yes I was thinking this a few days ago...wishing I could take some words and actions back...James

Clang
Member

since 2005-12-15

Posts 222

3 posted 2008-01-17 06:58 PM

So very true.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2008-01-17 07:05 PM

Yes, John age does bring us wisdom. I feel the same as you do but I think we just have to appreciate what we have learned and all the effort it took to learn it.
Ida

Paul Wilson