Time Tunnel...

If i could go back
     to my earlier life
     could i go back and change?...
You might think it strange,
     but now sure
     what i lost or gained
      along the way to get here...
And if i were to rearrange
     the tiles of the paths i chose
     would i make the same mistakes
     or different ones than those?
For it's from our mistakes we learn;
     we all learned not to play with fire
     by being burned;
     you remember the way
     when you have to turn
     and go back...
Slower than most in the simplest ways,
     learning to deal with myself
     a little easier these days...
It took such a long time
     to learn what i already knew;
     that you and i are no different
     we're all doing the best we can do
     ... almost...
          June 8, 2014