'Mistakes' Poem by Bernard Snyder

I'm not perfect by any stretch
I've made mistakes with many regrets,
I've burned bridges I shouldn't have crossed
for which I had to pay a price
four times what it actually cost,
but I've since grown
and learned in the process
that living a perfect life is
unheard of and farfetched,
so I've taken those mistakes
and all the bridges I've burned
try to build from it all
and just consider them 'lessons learned.