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?
You would certainly have scored very high as you have already realized in this life what you should or ought to have done. Very neatly and nicely presented poem. arya
As the saying goes: an unexamined life is not worth living… of course this can cause much angst. A nice poem.
At every crossroad there is a choice to be learnt from. I think I have som poems you would like read.
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
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
This touches my soul, truly, a brilliant examination done with simplicity.