The Error of My Ways

The Error of My Ways

A Poem by Tate Morgan
"

I walked the earth so emboldened in my brazen younger days That I missed chances so golden for the poor error of my ways

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My rendition of my inner self.Graphite on canvas.



 



Every sweet life flowers golden

mixing old colors in with the new

Creating a wonderful child each time

of a mixed ever changing hue

 

My life has been both heartache

along by spirits of love in rain

Tossed up around and foundered

with the dreams I cannot attain

 

As I recall the lost soft beauty

of aching spirits in still delight

I looked to God's sweet Heaven

with thoughts that stir the night

 

For life's time waits on none of us

it masters fate with earnest callous

Caring for none in favored mercy

helping not whom it shows malice

 

But I shall have known wisdom

with his brother mighty pain

As my friends they so haunt me

with joys I'll never know again

 

I walked the earth so emboldened

in my brazen younger days

That I missed chances so golden

for the poor error of my ways

 

 







© 2018 Tate Morgan


Author's Note

Tate Morgan
I'm sure given the same circumstances and life. I would do the same things again. Such is the truth of humanity. We do not think much on the truths of life until we are made to. If only we could live life backwards. I think I would like to be Benjamin Button.
Tate

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This is a very tender verse....and again BRAVO on song choice:) Time waits for no one is so very true, when you added "it masters fate with earnest callous" you set the tone of this write beautifully. All the times we hurt, hurt another or tumble and fall on our path I think is what makes the rest of our journey a wonderful ride and pleasant to the soles of our feet. I would love go back in time and right some wrongs, but then again if I did not have those experiences I would not be the wise woman I am today. Wonderful write!

Posted 13 Years Ago


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Very well written Tate. Congratulations of the book.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

Lena thank u so miss hearing from u
Of course we are wiser now..we have experience...perhaps that is one reason for the phrase " youth is wasted on the young" to have regrets is human..to constantly repeat them is ...really not wise living is it?
Nicely Done !

Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

Thank you Renee
There is a great message in the poem. We do make mistakes but we learn from them and move on in the journey of life.There is grace and beauty in whatever you write.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

Thank you so much.Whenever I think I have a hard time in life I remember what it is to really have a.. read more
This is exquisitely poignant Tate, it resonates within my soul....

Posted 10 Years Ago


Frieda P

10 Years Ago

Haha you're on a roll Tate...........
Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

I can't be the only one that sees the irony in this formula. Can I ? You would think maybe he would .. read more
Frieda P

10 Years Ago

I'm not the person you have to convince Tate....I concur.
You say you are currently not inspired...surely there is something in your past you have yet to share? Think deeply...far far back...and take us there. Your words and music choices are like comfort food for any soul.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

Ah Beth I suppose you have a point.I seem to need to go home in my mind and find my soul again .Than.. read more
Now then you certainly would not want to be Benjamin Button Tate. What a wonderful tapestry you have painted, of the good, not so good and wonderful happenings in your life both past and present. I guess we all wonder what if this and what if that but we must be thankful for what we've got, and more than thankful for reaching every new day. I would like to go backwards to repeat a few things but look forward to things unknown in the future. You are a good man Tate and a brilliant poet. I'm glad Fate allowed us to meet here on WC
Thanks for sharing your wisdom, dreams and history with us
Babs x


Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

I'm quite humbled by that. I thank you for being my friend as well. Thank you for reviewing The Erro.. read more
Seashell

10 Years Ago

:-) .........x
Not so sure Benjamin Button could do justice to that self portrait of yours. Depth in the art --depth in the writing. I see no errors just life so beautifully encapsulated in words. A different turn, a different twist, you may have been a different man. Luckily for us you're who you are....a talent worth following....
Your words spoke to me so of ex loves and dearly missed friends, of gorgeous children and children's children, and many more things.
Oh and I do so love to read it out loud....... it speaks volumes to my partner 2Bears, he so enjoys it.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

Thank you .You are too kind. I am so glad it touched your soul.From me to you it was worth the effor.. read more
Singing Bird

10 Years Ago

Ta. Glad.
Beautiful poem. We need to learn from our mistakes in order to better ourselves

Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

Thank you very much as one who is further down that road i can tell you it is with angst that one lo.. read more
This piece holds a special place in my heart; for folly has been a friend of mine and while at times painful I don't think I would change a thing. If we had Benjamin Button ways we might just have appreciated the profound nature of life's moments as they arose. I met and loved a man visiting from Scotland we fell so deeply in love with each other, but fate had other plans.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

10 Years Ago

Oh yeah i can relate to that We arent so different
Beautifully penned. "if onlys" do keep us busy. To go back... loved the song with this, was so fitting.

Posted 11 Years Ago



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Tate Morgan
Tate Morgan

Marion , OH



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