Late Lessons

From growing old
   we could learn so much,
though belatedly,
   about how we could have
lived youthful life
   in a far better way;


and from dying,
   much profound insights
concerning living,
   too bad they're hard lessons
much, much too late
   for the final learning.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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