LESSONS

And there it was

The road before was clear now

Littered with mistakes and bad decisions

It became obvious

The only way moving forward

Was to take control and purge inhibitions

Do we learn our lessons

When we crash and burn

Or do we just repeat when we return

Regrets reside in hindsight

Ghosts haunt us from the past

The life defining incidents

Can never be forecast

Woe the lessons we ignore

We ignore

Then came a turn

What stood before was choices

Taken by surprise yet so familiar

It became obvious

That neither path was certain

But the preferred way was so much harder

Do we learn our lessons

When we crash and burn

Or do we just repeat when we return

Regrets reside in hindsight

Ghosts haunt us from the past

The life defining incidents

Can never be forecast

Woe the lessons we ignore

We ignore

We think we know

The course to shape our future

But nothing can prepare for life's next challenge

The greatest loss

Is never knowing which action

Or consequence which tips the balance

Do we learn our lessons

When we crash and burn

Or do we just repeat when we return

Regrets reside in hindsight

Ghosts haunt us from the past

The life defining incidents

Can never be forecast

Woe the lessons we ignore