the sorrow of past errors

I may be absent a lot, but I'm not gone!

Here's a tasty morsel out of the past.

the sorrow of past errors

I take my chances and taste the fruits
to see if they are bitter or sweet.
And though they prove bitter
for this am I wiser than those who never did eat.

But how I envy the gifted ones
who can tell with a single glance
if the fruit is poison or richer than honey
and never need take my chance.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.