Life's Mathematics

 

mistakes aren’t smart, nor their result

true genius is obtained in the ability to see

the lesson behind the fault

and then living life having never

repeated the error

 

so we’ll never know

how wise we were

until our number’s up

and we begin to calculate-

 

when the measuring tape comes out

and we stretch the length

of our growth and our regression;

and if the sum of good is greater

than the equation,

 

we can say we’ve found the proof

in a life well spent

 

and we either die with ease

or regret

Reviews

[Rain]

This piece is in line with my philosophy that life teaches us all the same lessons, only in different classrooms. Who is wiser?...the person who learns that fire is hot by running his hand over a burning match, or the man who has to fall into the white hot coals of a fireplace? One learned the lesson without self harm, the other learned, but lives with the ugly scars of his ignorance? I love this piece because it exposes the myth that wisdom can only be learned through suffering. Wisdom cannot be taught, only learned. He who can learn with the lest despair and self-destruction, is the wiser of the two. This is what I took from this piece...right,or wrong. :) Rain..

[Robert Luna]

This left me thinking having my thoughts warp a bit. Very deep words here my friend. I love the sense of urgency that leaps from the page. I always have to read your words twice as I feel the ideas that they place in my head are formed of concrete and have such texture of clarity. I am always impressed with your writes.


Great Job!!!!!!!

[just is]

This is so wonderful.
I enjoyed how this was written.
I agree with Andrew this is true in ways.
Very well written and put together write.

[AG]

i found this piece very true and its tone is somehow telling me that it's a matter of fact.

what strikes me most is that the syntax is actually conversational yet how all the words form in the end and as i read seemed to be poetic in a unique sense.

the beauty of it all lies in the ideas and messages in the poem and i'm glad to have read a poem with insight for a change these past few days.

excellent work!

[George Love]

Worthy of praise and admiration this one. Well written and well thought out

[Gandré]

I totally adored this small poem. Riveting! Beguiling! Wisdom pure.

[Mr. Lopez]

Im never disappointed when i read your work. If its not paved with poetic grace , its full of truth and wisdom. This poem is not only clever but very true. Loved the metaphors and sensed a touch of witt. Very nice as usual.

Mr.Lopez