Regrets

Wrote this when I was eleven years old...? Dug this up accedentally when I was in seacrh of some old report cards. Completely forgot about this. Ahhh, memories.

There's some things I should have said,

so much I didn't do.

Left everybody scattered along the roadside

abandoned old in search of new.

 

Letters I meant to write,

and some cards I needed to send

still lay there half opened

like old tares I meant to mend.

 

Things I didn't think through,

goodbyes I never said,

Life pulled back like the covers

at the bottom of the bed.

 

Seems every time I start out

something pulls me back again.

Still grounded to the flag pole,

but tethered by the wind.

Reviews

[Legacy]

Scarlet Raine,

My first shock of the day, the wisdom within these words is very advanced for an eleven year old. The first thought is, maybe you did some editing on it and replaced words, or what have you.

Next thought, you did not know the significance of your words... wisdom leaks from this poem like a pipe about to burst. It is a beautiful thing - unrealized knowledge.

I am truly unsure of the situation you were involved in that caused such a perfectly written poem. I can state, that you must have been feeling guilty for something you did or said.

I enjoyed the depth of this poem, something you see rarely in an eleven year old -blessed are we if your words have grown from this place.

Thank you for sharing,

Legacy
(I think, personally, you should place this in the contest Enlightenment for Poetic Infusion Society, if you have not entered yet).

[Scarlet Raine]

@Legacy (I don't know how to reply to a review, so...)

1. I'm pretty sure I didn't. My handwriting back then was really hard to read, but I think I got all of it. Plus, I was even more mature as an eleven-year-old than I am now.

2. I don't think I did.

3. I've forgotten, but nothing that bad really happened when I was eleven. Perhaps I based it on someone else's regrets?

Thanks so much for reading! :)

[EricGodsil]

Decent poem for an 11 year old. :P Good insight at that age and imagery. Tell the 11 year old in you thumbs up. :)