Live and Learn

Amazing that it takes so long,
as years go by, to grow more wise,
the same-old, set-in-ways, the song,
before remedies we realize,
that we could wrest some right from wrong,
with heart-changed, mind-grown compromise.

With this realization, our hearts change;
another challenge tests heart and brain.
With altered perception, it may seem strange,
tempted to ruefully recalling when,
as meaningful priorities we arrange,
avoid dwelling on what might have been