~~ WISDOM ~~
AS I LOOK BACK ON MY LIFE,
I'M FILLED WITH GREAT REMORSE;
AS A SAILOR ON LIFE'S SEA'S,
OFT TIMES I GOT OFF COURSE.
I SEE SO CLEARLY NOW THAT LIFE
IS FADING FAST AWAY;
BUT WHY WAS I SO BLIND,
IN MY YOUNGER DAYS.
IF ONLY I COULD RETURN,
RETRACE EACH STEP I TOOK;
IN THIS LIFE ONE CHANCE IS ALL,
YOU'RE GIVEN IN LIFE'S BOOK.
ONCE THOSE YEARS HAVE PASSED AWAY,
NO MORE TO EVER BE;
WITH AGE COMES ALL THE WISDOM,
THAT YOUTH COULD NEVER SEE.
Alice Hack
c1999
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