Yesterday's Mistakes

Riaan Smit 1988 (Windhoek)



I’ve been broke I’ve been busy
I've been tired, I’ve been bored
I’ve burned so many bridges
I’ve closed so many doors
I’ll be building bridges
As long as it may take
Until recover from yesterday's mistakes

So gone lord, gone, gone are the days
When I was young and I could still makes mistakes
Gone lord, gone, gone are my ways
That keep me repeating yesterday's mistakes

Well you start living before your moment runs away
When you’re living in the past you’ll have your future outlast your mistakes

So making a list and I'm checking it twice
Of all those who gave me solid advice
That I chose to ignore because of the walls
That I built when I was burgled and burnt before
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Written on December 21, 2018

Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAXAXB CBCB XB DDXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 693
Words 130
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 4, 2, 4

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