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Mistakes

Oops, I did it again

Lyrical Ballad by Brogan Archer

Illustration by Audrey Tungkir

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I have made more than one error.

As if just a sharer

Of all things error and mistake

More than a cup, a lake

 

All the mistakes that I have made,

Each a different shade.

Make me a very changed person.

Possible to worsen.

 

Despite this, I can learn from them,

Then I won’t be as dumb.

Maybe then I might just improve,

And people will approve.

 

No matter what I’ll even do,

The mistakes will cut through,

And remind me that I messed up.

Notwithstanding buildup

 

Then things come crashing down again

Mocking an endless cycle.

They fall back down repeatedly,

I act conceitedly.

 

Even after I’m feeling numb,

There’s repeated outcome.

I wish things would finally change,

Things I could rearrange.

 

Make them perfect but I cannot,

After all I have fought.

I remain nothing but the same,

An everlasting flame.

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