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by mistake

you understand it’s all more by mistake than by design you stumble along and learn by being wrong

what has already happened it’s too late to fix but not too late to forget or remember and do the bits you can all over again

we all screw up and forget or remember and do the bits we can all over again

please understand it’s all more by mistake than by design

the world and its humans

every being and thing

all make and suffer mistakes rumble through their disasters and keep on going for however long as they can

and individually if you last long enough

you come to understand how it goes

eventually you learn and get some of it right eventually you know what is important

eventually you see what is right in front of you and if you are blessed you smile and reach out and the love in you is so bright it glows

maybe you’re old and you’re weak and maybe sick and suffering but it doesn’t matter

if you loved and were loved you’re thankful and the love still fills you and you’re so bright

you glow

from middle year poems — Bill Eberle

January 2017     © 2017, Bill Eberle

for Sue