Regrets

Accidental Poet

You hear it said

All the time

“I have no regrets”

So have some of mine

 

That my birthmother

Past on before I found her

She never got to hear me say

How very much I love her

 

And my birthfather

The man I long to know

To stand beside my dad

The smile we share to show

 

For Sharon

The love of my life

With all my heart

My heart’s forever wife

 

My dog Shelby

I didn’t spend enough time with

I was too young and stupid

The hugs to her I’d now give

 

The chosen career path

I found too late

Indecision a pricey cost

No use arguing with fate

 

My adoptive parents

I should have been a better son

Guess I didn’t understand

How to be one

 

All these regrets

And hundreds more

Had I a way to go back

I’d pass through that door

 

Each regret I’d change

Hindsight to me now teaches

To the past I extend my hand

With unconditional love I reach

 

Copyright © Accidental Poet 2021

  • Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 28th, 2021 05:11
  • Category: Reflection
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  • dusk arising

    I really felt your emotion reading this. It is really well written and so powerful a subject deserves so.
    You describe burdens many of us carry, burdens which have made us the more understanding and forgiving persons we've become today.
    An excellent piece which is going into my favourites today.

  • L. B. Mek

    wow, such bravery
    this is beyond poetry
    more a demonstration
    of humanity's: capability peaks..
    keep growing brother
    let that swirling anguish
    of painful regret: fuel
    your incessant reach
    for ever-higher, feats
    with humility and empathy, utilised
    to guide, your blooming path...!

    • Accidental Poet

      Thanks LB. Sometimes it means as much to loosen the grip as it did to conceal it to begin with. If that makes any sense. ; )

      • L. B. Mek

        indeed, ambition works best with loosened grips:
        'survival tricks resonate best with loosened grips
        gently, that’s it – ease away that desperation

        Like, knowingly wailing at foreshadowing – realisation
        acknowledging bequeathed consequence
        as a mere steppingstone
        to all those tears within sweet breath: we’ve yet to taste'

      • orchidee

        A poignant write AP.

      • Doggerel Dave

        Regrets and embarrassments (of the could have behaved better variety) litter my memory increasingly as time passes. I’m not sure, however, that I have the courage to lay mine out in full view, but admire your internal fortitude as you open yourself up with your usual skilled trademark poetic style, AP.

        • Accidental Poet

          Thanks Dave. In retrospect, I've come to accept my past as "it is what it is" and "water under the bridge" that all I can do is learn from it. But owning my past is inevitable.

          • Doggerel Dave

            Yes AP. After I've managed to extract any useable lessons from those memories, then it is a case of can't change it, learn from it, forgive myself and get on with the present.

            • Accidental Poet

              That's a plan we can all live with. ; )

            • myself and me

              Today while I was driving, a strange thought about regrets jumped into my mind. "A life without regrets will the worst regret in life".
              No life is perfect, we all carry regrets on our way, big and small.
              Powerful and emotional writing.

              • Accidental Poet

                True m&m, I agree we all have regrets to some degree, large, small, etc. But it's acknowledging those regrets that I think it's possible to live with them. Thanks for your visit and helpful comment. ; )

              • Neville


                please excuse what might at first be taken for a cop out, but it seems that between them, each of my reviewing predecessors have collectively stolen my thunder ..

                all that I can add, because it is indeed true, is that you have poemed an emotionally charged post and I would, if I could award ya top marks ...

                ... Neville

                • Accidental Poet

                  Excuse granted N. Also top marks for your comment here. Thanks N. ; )

                • Goldfinch60

                  Very emotive write AP, but that unconditional love is within you now and many will see that and be there for you.

                  Andy

                  • Accidental Poet

                    Thank you Andy. And I for all of you. ; )

                    • Accidental Poet

                      Also, there have been just as many smiles to counteract those regrets. In life we live and learn. AP



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