“Do you have any?”
She said no, to my surprise
She then continues:

“They are life lessons.
Use them to improve yourself.”
Currency, true wealth

I was expecting
Answers that aligned with mine
Casting fishing lines

What I did reel in
Was a better attitude
Seeing our own blues

For our past maybe
A much darker silhouette
I just don’t call it

Regret

Excuses come, go
They are the falling leaves from
Deciduous trees

Connecting to stone
The inner workings jumbled,
Penetrated bone

We constantly wave,
But our oceans are yearning
to see each other