Cautionary Tale

Philip Daniel Cook

Where all shines
gold but not man made quell.

From the idea
of histories; it never repeats.
Once was a fable; a forgotten
seat.

Where instead of beginnings
there are only ends.
Our mistakes are not so..
through the fate and flow,
that where best unspoken
that is what stays must go.

My cautionary tale
even if I succeed 
eventually I will
fail. Is that what
comes to pass;
won't be the last.

The past is not the future;
sometimes neither appear.
What pales and
in colors. 
What never appeared,
that we yield the
peers.

That Achilles. 
I fear.

  • Author: ReflectionShadow (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 21st, 2025 18:37
  • Comment from author about the poem: Upon where we make mistakes that aren't good.
  • Category: Reflection
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  • sorenbarrett

    We all have such a heel and the warning of what will happen. Mistakes learned from and those we don't learn from and are made again. A good write.



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