-Jamie Chan
The point of it all is to live and to learn.
Leave the past to settle but first look deep;
as much as you wish, there is no return.
Some lessons are simple mistakes. Hot oil burns
through skin when startled. If you break it, sweep
and bin. The more you live the more you’ll learn.
I lost one then another because I yearned
for pity, a cradle for my weeping,
tempered by time that will never return.
Inside the leaky house the silence has worn
out. Try gratitude. Try apology. Take the leap
to I forgive. There are always things to unlearn.
This grand love I seek may become a concern
for all that I give and the little I reap
will leave me hollowed in eternal return.
In November, I remember again lanterns
glowing like hope. All night I couldn’t sleep.
Wasn’t the point to live and to learn?
As much as you wish it, we can never return.
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