Society's Mistake
Mistakes are often made
It is not a matter of if, but when
It may be small, it may be large
But each is one mistake, just the same
How the society sees your mistakes is of more concern
Because each one so small, one misstep, one wrong turn
Can cause a world of trouble to come knocking at your door
Did you pay your rent? Mortgage? Or forgot to pay your bills?
The IRS may mail you, your taxes overdue
All from the mistake of forgetting too long
Mistakes can cause death if care is not taken
Cars, Trucks, each heavy and fast
Crush, crumple, tear, destroy, injure, and dent
It is not a matter of if, but how long care can be taken for safety
Before a mistake is made
Mistakes, societies imperfections, make us all who we are
What if we never had anyone bleed, why would there be Band-Aids
Or why people would have blood drawn for others
You would never bruise, which seems nice
However, all those people who get paid for our mistakes, would be out of jobs
If your heart never had problems, why would we have cardiologists?
Mistakes are made, and need to be made
For how would you know how to budget if you never ran out of money?
And if you never ran out of money, would you even value it?
Would it just be like air, we don't prize it, or even think of it much
Money is one where we need to learn or make mistakes
Another mistake to be made is in love
For how would love grow deeper without opposition
You would never draw closer, never draw farther
For love is like two pendulums side by side, each swinging a little
Mistakes push against love, but each mistake, once stopped
Will allow you to fall back deeper in love
When will we see that mistakes, from the small to the big
Are all for us to learn from, and that if we don't give up
Each mistake is a block made for us to stand upon
As we strive to touch the stars