Life’s Teacher

Look back on the years,

At the road traveled,

The lessons learned,

How different they might be

Had other choices been made

Or attention paid to the teacher

Immaturity ignores the teacher,

Believes there’s many years

To correct the wrong choices made,

And thus, life’s road is traveled

Blind to what could be

Or the lessons to be learned

But lessons cannot be learned

No matter the teacher,

As long as the belief to be

Is of no concern until later years,

Regardless of the road traveled

And the number of unwise choices made

The young dismiss choices made,

Lessons learned,

Consider not the road traveled,

Or worry about recognizing the teacher

Because of the abundant years

To discover what is to be

And yet, what comes to be

Is dictated by the choices made

All through the years,

For only then can things be learned,

As experience is the best teacher

While on the road traveled

Good or bad, the road traveled

Presents decisions of what can be,

Always unveils a new teacher,

Introduces more choices to be made

And more experiences to be learned

To help survive the coming years

It’s the years the road has been traveled and lessons learned that will ultimately be the result of choices made and life’s teacher

    Chelle Munroe©

    January 8, 2014