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Working I hear, "If I knew then, what I know now" Women were talking near. I continued to work, Thought 'wow' What if I did know more in the past. Surely I wouldn't ever fall last. But the last place offers the most room to grow, Would life be so much better in 1st place? I know 'no'. The compromise of pain and gain, The character growth of which my Dad so highly spoke, And for the longest time I thought a joke. A joke it was not. A lady said something that caught my ear, Made me wonder if I'd be better off here, or in a past with what I know currently, And to answer this question accordingly I wish for so fervently. My answer to such a discombobulating query was this. This not as a solution, but an explored response. I answer not today, nor tomorrow, But yesterday my answer shall lay, And if that makes sense not, then hey, Ask me on a yesterday when I already know for today.
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 8:05 AM UTC
A Lady Said
Working I hear, "If I knew then, what I know now" Women were talking near. I continued to work, Thought 'wow' What if I did know more in the past. Surely I wouldn't ever fall last. But the last place offers the most room to grow, Would life be so much better in 1st place? I know 'no'. The compromise of pain and gain, The character growth of which my Dad so highly spoke, And for the longest time I thought a joke. A joke it was not. A lady said something that caught my ear, Made me wonder if I'd be better off here, or in a past with what I know currently, And to answer this question accordingly I wish for so fervently. My answer to such a discombobulating query was this. This not as a solution, but an explored response. I answer not today, nor tomorrow, But yesterday my answer shall lay, And if that makes sense not, then hey, Ask me on a yesterday when I already know for today.
eliot-winkler
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Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 8:05 AM UTC
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