Miranda Hawley Poet Free verse

Disbelief

I can't believe I didn't listen
to my own words of wisdom,
or to the advice of respected others
on this incident of life.
I couldn't imagine these words
coming from you to me,
not in the time or place you told me,
nor how the words came across.
Words of wisdom
blew down the drain,
washed by temptation away,
now I the heavy cost must pay.
You knew how it went
because you sent many others on this road.
Is this the road I'm on
traveling obviously blind?
Am I jumping in the mud holes,
enjoying the muck and grind?
You warned me for future relationships
or was the warning for me to be warned from you?
Will I get in deeper only to find
I have disappeared from the ladder,
and could smell the muck and grind.
I came out lucky with only a scar or two,
but next time you say "I might not."
"I could be in too deep."
So why do I keep going,
and bucking against the grain?
How could I think all is sunny,
and not feel the beating rain?

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Andrea Dietrich February 15, 2023 at 4:43 PM Great feeling in this one and a high five. (advice) instead of advise. Miranda Hawley February 15, 2023 at 6:42 PM Made the small spelling change you suggested.

Bill Baker January 15, 2022 at 10:23 PM We learn from every step along the way, Miranda. Sometimes for fortune and sometimes from sorrow. As long as we follow our heart and walk from a place of Love, all will benefit us in the end. An encouraging friend, Bill Miranda Hawley January 16, 2022 at 12:14 PM This is the first poem I wrote, and I wrote it back in 96 or 97 when I was "dating" the guy who got me pregnant with my oldest or in 97 when I was pregnant with my oldest. My "pen" went dry from this poem until I wrote Orchestrated. Yes, it was a learning curve.