Sep6

My Worst Mistake

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Stu

Before I write whatever I’m going to write, please head on over to Roy Durham’s Roy’s Garage Sell and Auction Well. Roy is a real nice gentleman, a true cowboy, and due to an upcoming surgery he asked for some guest posts to help him out. I was more than happy to oblige. Stop by for my very short story “Roses Are…” and wish the good man some good thoughts and wishes. Yeee Haa, Roy!

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You were my worst mistake

And funny how that goes

You also gave me the best things I ever had

Since we first met, since we did part

There is an aching in my heart

For what we had, I’ll never know

What is true or memory born

I’d wish we’d had the chance

Make some good memories last.

I put you in a cage

You did the same, but locked my door

We flew against the bars and bled

Never letting the other quite free.

Some say we should not have met

Most say we should not have wed

With most of them, I do agree

You were the worst mistake I ever made.

I was the worst for you as well

There was nothing; it should have been farewell

When we first met, that darkest day

I find that all my life untold

What would it been if we had not met.

So stay away, forever more

Never knock on my front door

We do not have to face again

The cage is forever open at last

For both of us, our paths apart

Have so healed my heart

If I never see you again

I’ll always remember you

My worst mistake.

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Jill B on September 6, 2011 at 10:56 pm said:

There are some good lines that caught me in there, “I find that all my life untold, what would it been if we had not met.”, and, ” For both of us, our paths apart Have so healed my heart”. I like the poem, but the subject is one I really don’t like. Couples who get together when they shouldn’t and stay together way too long even after they know for sure they are only hurting each other. A writer has to write about all the realities of life at least some of the time I suppose. Good writing Stu, just made me sad.

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- bornstoryteller on September 6, 2011 at 11:45 pm said:
  
  Wasn’t the intention Jill.
  
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  - Jill B on September 7, 2011 at 1:18 am said:
    
    I know it wasn’t Stu, I’ve just been moody lately.
    
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    - bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 7:58 am said:
      
      {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} I know. You can blame Billy Joel on this one. A song of his come up on Pandora, and then bam..this came out in reaction to it.
      
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Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. @Cerebrations.biz on September 7, 2011 at 12:34 am said:

This is one of your best, Stuart. Add this to your anthology!!!

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- bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 12:36 am said:
  
  Thanks Roy. Eventually, things will appear.
  
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Corinne Rodrigues on September 7, 2011 at 1:17 am said:

Sometimes we need our ‘mistakes’ to reveal our own strength. You’ve put it so well, Stuart.

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- bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 7:56 am said:
  
  Thanks Corinne.
  
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cath (@jonesbabie) on September 7, 2011 at 6:37 am said:

All life experiences affect us, even the mistakes. I believe they happen to help us learn and grow in new directions. But when you are living through those mistakes, it can be hard to see it at the time. Good poem Stu. I like that you have taken this negative and turned it into a positive (poetry).
~cath

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- bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 7:58 am said:
  
  Thank you Cath. Yeah, if we don’t learn from our mistakes, we’ll just repeat them.
  
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Lucylastica2 on September 7, 2011 at 8:00 am said:

My feeling is that so long as you learn from your mistakes, the journey you take to work through them is part of what makes you stronger.

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- bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 8:03 am said:
  
  Couldn’t agree with you more. Thank you.
  
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Li @FlashFiction on September 7, 2011 at 9:27 am said:

Hi, Stu. You know, I don’t think we always realize just how big a mistake really is while we’re living it. Sometimes we’re hell-bent on trying to make the other person what we want them to be, or sticking it out and hoping that, if we just TRY as hard as we can, we can fix it. But once it’s over and the worst of the pain is gone (it never does leave entirely), I think there really is a sense of freedom…and hopefully, a lot of wisdom to carry forth. So, you’ve hit the nail on the head for many of us….:-)

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- bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 9:30 am said:
  
  I think the worst thing is not accepting the other person for who/what they are about and trying to get them to change to your ideal of what you think they should be. It will kill a relationship every time, imo. Thanks Li.
  
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Larry Lewis on September 7, 2011 at 2:45 pm said:

A sad, but so common tale. How something so beautiful can turn out so wrong. This time you really have touched my soul, but as i know we’re never alone in how we feel. The good news is, once you say goodbye, the next chapter for both of you can be so fulfilling, just on seperate paths.

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- bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 7:26 pm said:
  
  Larry, thank you very much. Glad you liked the lyrics.
  
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mumuGB (@JSJ2020) on September 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm said:

Stu, I love it ! Can I post a link to it in my next we all make mistakes blog hop?
That said, I am not sure that I understand the link with the tattoo…I might be slow tonight.

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- bornstoryteller on September 7, 2011 at 7:28 pm said:
  
  Muriel: of course you may. Thank you very much. As to the Tattoo, I had that in my file, and when I heard the Billy Joel song, the lyrics came to me and the photo: the caged birds, the colors…maybe not the strongest photo to writing link, but that’s what I based some of the lyrics on.
  
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Mike Shippey on September 8, 2011 at 5:55 am said:

Good stuff. I like your style.
Made you one of my Versatile Blogger Award winners.
http://habitualvictory.com/the-versatile-blogger-award
Keep it moving forward!
MS

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- bornstoryteller on September 8, 2011 at 10:04 am said:
  
  OY…Thank you Mike. OK…I guess between this one and the other I’ll have to put something up.
  
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mish on September 8, 2011 at 8:21 am said:

The popular quote sprang to mind immediately : If you love something , set it free ; if it comes back to you , it’s yours ; if it doesn’t , it never was .
I think the caged-bird scenario links to your 2nd stanza .

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- bornstoryteller on September 8, 2011 at 10:03 am said:
  
  Mish..you got it. Like I said, probably my weakest link, but it was I felt fit.
  
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Thom Brown on September 8, 2011 at 1:03 pm said:

Very good, and I love the imagery.

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- bornstoryteller on September 8, 2011 at 1:10 pm said:
  
  Thanks Thom. It was striking in person, so….
  
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Penelope J. on September 8, 2011 at 2:23 pm said:

You have some great lines, “I put you in a cage, You did the same but locked my door, We flew against the bars and bled.” Powerful emotions. I can relate to them as I am sure many others can, and that’s the most important thing with poetry – when readers connect.

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- bornstoryteller on September 8, 2011 at 4:12 pm said:
  
  Thanks Penelope.
  
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Hocam on September 9, 2011 at 3:06 pm said:

Really like this Stuart. I think all our experiences both good and bad add to our “education” and therefore even though difficult while living them are valuable lessons.

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bornstoryteller on September 9, 2011 at 3:08 pm said:

thank you Mary. It’s all as long as we learn from them. Too many too often don’t, and they just repeat and repeat. Not what I ever want to do.

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Adriene (Sweepy Jean) on September 9, 2011 at 10:35 pm said:

You are very generous, Stu; I tend to be a bridge burner! ;p But seriously, this poem is very relatable and too bad we don’t see the mistakes-in-waiting before they happen. Cool tat, is that yours?

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