The Mistakes of the Past

I've screwed up before all in the name of infatuation.

I don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past

Acting on a whim

Trading it all for what will never last

Living out a sin

Maybe I could understand

The words of warning

With knowledge in my hand

And stop my heart from warming

I am running on a track

A cycle of hope and then despair

Good sense it seems I lack

For the rules I have no care

My feelings are a derailed train

Certain to do nothing

But bring people pain

I want to stop, but my soul keeps burning

Why is my emotion so wrong?

Dragging me down to hell

The wave of pain so long

My senses are unwell

I've done wrong before

If only you could see inside my mind

Burning down to the core

The memories you'd find...

I will not let this be repeated

The same dark path, endless trail

The ritual will not be completed

This time I won't fail

The words have been spoken

As a single darkened heart

Is being broken

And torn apart

Now I'm reopening wounds of old

Trying to fly once more

Loving again when the fable has been told

On the same errors as before

Again I have courage, again I have hope

Lacerations closing, bones in a cast

The skills to forgive and to cope

Riding in on the mistakes of the past

Reviews

[Stephanie]

This one is by far my favorite:] It really spoke to me i loved every word.

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... wow ... that really is a deeply introspective write ... utterly remarkable for its honesty, earnestness and resolve ... the flow is simply tremendous ... and the verse just flows ... an immensely enriching read ...