“I learned the hard way…
And my heavy heart sinks deep down”
– Sara Bareilles
Lessons learned the hard way…
It could have been so much easier to just listen to the wise voices
Instead I chose to make my own way, path, mistakes.
Repeatedly they tried to tell me
Step away from that path,
It’s death to you.
I didn’t listen.
Stubbornly insisting I could make it.
I made it …
Barely.
I stumbled half dead from the erroneous path
Dodging the poisoned darts
Thrown in attempts to mortally wound me.
Falling onto the arms of those all knowing ones.
Lessons learned.
I could have avoided these scars
If only I would have listened
To those wise knowing ones in my life.
Could have avoided this sick pain.
This embarrassment, this shame.
However,
I’m stronger now.
I’m slightly wiser.
I know now to listen
when wisdom screams her warnings.
Sadly, I had to learn it the hard way.
Some say that’s the only way to learn.
I disagree.
It’s long hard way to learn.
Or you could take the shortcut
And listen to those around you.
Odds are they took the long way
They have scars & bruises to show
Listen to them.
Hear their hard earned wisdom.
Chose how you will learn your lesson.
It could be as easy as taking the time to
Honestly listen to those voices around you.
The lesson is still going to be there…
You have the power to decide
How you will learn it
The easy or the hard way.
“If you learn from your suffering, and really come to understand the lesson you were taught, you might be able to help someone else who's now in the phase you may have just completed. Maybe that's what it's all about after all...”
