Note To Self....(and apology)

 

If you are hoping to stave off all things heading south

Hey Paul better learn when to shut up your mouth

If you want to believe that you’re just so damn smart

Close that trap for a while and just hear with your heart

 

Remember there’s more sides than just your one truth

And that time is so short on the wrong side of youth

So if you can’t find a way to bring someone to smile

Just try on their shoes and go walk in them for a while

 

When erupts that compulsion to don gown of judge

Smear your face with great gobs of your own silly fudge

You cannot sort others into slots on a shelf

Lest you’re ready and willing to hop up there yourself

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Focus your passions on all the things you arrange

And keep them away from the ones you can’t change

Bridle that urge to tell others they’re wrong

You’re not always in tune with their own unique song

 

You will learn as you go you big dumb old fool

That llfe is your teacher and you’re always in school

So be sure that you learn from all your mistakes

And correct them before you are felled by their breaks

 

Be good to yourself and to those you call friend

Be generous with all that your big heart can lend

And remember that when you find things heading south

To keep your mind open and shut your damn mouth!

 

                    

                            s. paul     ( Jan. 2020)