Are they mistakes or decisions?
They bring such worries,
but also personal knowledge.
Is that the point?
That to truly learn about yourself
you must put yourself
in some sort of danger?
These are things I could have learned
had my life not so stubbornly derailed
off the norm.
No, no, Fate decided otherwise;
well, Fate and my foibles,
and I am left making choices
I don’t have the wisdom to make.