Time is a teacher

Learn the lessons while you are young.....

Walked paths of revelation, 

look into the mirror of time, 

see myself more clearly, 

now older a few more grays in place of brown.  

What have I learned, 

seems people don't change, 

everyone looks different but feels the same, 

I look different but feel the same, 

when did that happen?  

My musical taste frozen in time, 

to visit past moments pleasure, 

my minds oasis from insanity. 

I do know that I know less now, 

than what I knew when things we're newer.  

Some battles I should have learned from I return to, 

some wisdom I should have taken I am now listening to, 

some past hurts I now release from any debt owed.  

I no longer have to be right all the time. 

I've now learned to bend and not break.  

I was once told "Never pray for patience", 

I am still waiting for that prayer to get answered, 

I wonder how long it takes.

Author's Note

There is a time and place for all things, and it takes a long time to learn where it all goes.

Reviews

[Marie]

Experience is a wonderful teacher because we get it over an expanse of time. The thing about learning is, that if we don't learn from the experience we've just had in relation to whatever it was we did or didn't do, we will return again and again and again to that experience until we learn from it and only then will we be no longer condemned to return to it. There won't be any need because we will have learned what we were meant to learn and we will move on to our next learning experience. Very finely crafted insightful write. Thank you for sharing, Dave...

[Dave W.]

Thank you very much for the review

[seal]

Very poignant, I appreciate this message about growth and revisiting older lessons. One of my favorite songwriters just dropped a line in a song that I've been stuck on which I believe applies here- "Time you know has its stones. You were a boulder then, you're in my pocket now. You were a ghost back then, I can honor you now."

[Dave W.]

Who is the song writer you are reff. Also thank you for the review

[seal]

Hayley Heynderickx, her song Gemini specifically. She’s a folk artist from the Pacific Northwest/Portland OR

[Jeyanthi]

You battled( so warrior there), wisdom never ends so you are still listening to, past hurts still feels the same for some ppl it does, when they revist the past, we feel like same we are in debt to it... but they also say "time heals"... to me this poem gives a sad feeling... a longing or a wish or waiting for realization...

[Jeyanthi]

Learning at young age... gives long term effect... I do believe it and I do realize it later only....

[Dave W.]

Thank you so much for the review

[Writergurl]

I loved your last stanza, This is a wonderful write

[Dave W.]

Yeah, patience takes a long time, thankyou for the review

[Aarti Sriram]

Poetic reflections of journey of your past , learnings and adaptability in personal beliefs and felt lil humourous too of your prayer and the best thing was your pondering your path through the timse, good share Dave!

[Dave W.]

Thank you so much