The Mistake
With the mistake your life goes in reverse.
Now you can see exactly what you did
Wrong yesterday and wrong the day before
And each mistake leads back to something worse
And every nuance of your hypocrisy
Towards yourself, and every excuse
Stands solidly on the perspective lines
And there is perfect visibility.
What an enlightenment. The colonnade
Rolls past on either side. You needn't move.
The statues of your errors brush your sleeve.
You watch the tale turn back — and you're dismayed.
And this dismay at this, this big mistake
Is made worse by the sight of all those who
Knew all along where these mistakes would lead —
Those frozen friends who watched the crisis break.
Why didn't they say? Oh, but they did indeed —
Said with a murmur when the time was wrong
Or by a mild refusal to assent
Or told you plainly but you would not heed.
Yes, you can hear them now. It hurts. It's worse
Than any sneer from any enemy.
Take this dismay. Lay claim to this mistake.
Look straight along the lines of this reverse.
Tags: acceptance mistakes hindsight
Rain amplifies your mistakes, and water on the track can make your car handle unpredictably. When something unpredictable happens you have to react to it; if you’re reacting at speed, you’re reacting too late. And so you should be afraid.
Garth SteinTags: rain mistakes speed afraid react unpredictable
Skulduggery stood among the ruins of what had once been a sofa. Valkyrie raised an eyebrow.
'I was trying to make up the sofa bed so you could get some rest,' he explained, and pointed to the second sofa across the room. 'Unfortunately, it would appear that that is the sofa bed, and this, apparently, is just a sofa.
Tags: humor furniture mistakes humorous funny-mistakes
Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate.
Sarah Jessica ParkerSo many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes.
Sarah Jessica ParkerTags: free-will mistakes choices
Because he has never forgiven himself any fault, he can forgive no one else's.
Linda BerdollTags: mistakes forgiveness faults
I wanted to wash away our past misgivings in those tears that would run from our eyes and weave a new start by folding her in my arms.
I wanted to, but I did not!
Tags: love mistakes sad misunderstandings
You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick.
Ron RashThere are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own.
Jennifer E. SmithTags: mistakes forgiveness
Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry.
Katherine PatersonTags: mistakes
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