PERCEPTIONS

Getting it wrong is too easy, I fear,
It is one of my talents - just one.
How many times did think I could hear
Insults,

Some mistakes are best left alone -

Enjoyed in the making and then

Torn up and instantly forgotten,

No teaching moments

The Cliche Mistake

He was a chip off the old block

And he had a chip on his shoulder.

It could be said that he

Mistakes are made
navigating through life,
some are small and meaningless,
others cause great strife.

Mistakes can be denied,

Just a mistake waiting to happen,
I was conceived in the heat of passion.
I don't know why I came to this earth,
Or why I was