Mistakes

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Mistakes

Regrettable choices

There have been quite a few

Plenty of I’m sorry(s)

Paste due dates on to dos

Many evenings I sit repentant

Begging for forgiveness

One bedroom apartment

Turned confessional booth

Yet every one and zero

In my bowl of alphanumeric primordial soup

Lovingly

Violently

Led me

To (all) of you

3 thoughts on "Mistakes"

Tabitha Dial says:

June 4, 2025 at 8:14 am

Holy calico–

What a dynamic first stanza. Then that intimate spin in the second!

And the ending… fabulous.

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Shaun Turner says:

June 4, 2025 at 7:24 pm

I love this poem! The neding is a delightful surprise and turn.

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Joseph Allen Nichols says:

June 17, 2025 at 2:37 pm

“Lovingly

Violently

Led me
To (All) of you.”

Feel this so hard right now.
And adore the way that (violently) slips into and enriches the idea we hear in music so often (and feel less so).

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