I wish I'd have done the things
I should have, when I should have.
Looking back, we're told we shouldn't -
I could have done better - been kinder -
talked less - listened more - shared more.
But life is a learning process.
Aren't we all students?
I wonder what my marks will be at the end?
A very thought provoking piece Jerry, if only we all keep our final score cards in mind the 'should have, could have, would have routine' would have long ceased to worry us...Great write
At every crossroad there is a choice to be learnt from. I think I have som poems you would like read.
As the saying goes: an unexamined life is not worth living… of course this can cause much angst. A nice poem.
Were all students I agree. We never stop learning. We learn something every day. I like to think that no one has ever seen it or know it all. Until the day they die, because that is the life they've lived. A really fine poem. Bien!
It's a simple but highly thought provoking piece! A perennial angst to know how others rate us will certainly ward us off many an evil
A lesson for all.Life is an eternal school for man.But it is never late until it is over.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Certainly you get hundred in the life-school.Jerry, life only teach you about life?