A Song

 I was Dumber Then 

In the morning when I wake up

Regrets bombard my head

I think of the dumb things I’ve done

While I lay there in bed

Despite my knowing all mankind

In God’s eyes must have worth

I think of a billion blunders

Since the day of my birth

 

I was dumber then

I am wiser now

Despite my goofs

I survived somehow

If we all didn’t make mistakes

There’d be no key for delete

So many mess-ups

I know I won’t repeat

I was dumber then

 

In all my childhood and teen years

I just bumbled along

And finding out all of the ways

Something can go so wrong

I searched to find myself and path

With bruises on the way

So many failures, trips and falls

You will hear me say

 

I was dumber then

I am wiser now

Despite my goofs

I survived somehow

If we all didn’t make mistakes

There’d be no key for delete

So many mess-ups

I know I won’t repeat

I was dumber then

 

In marriage and parenting years

The decisions I made

They all did not turn out quite right

And dreams began to fade

I wanted my son and daughter

To have success and thrive

But thanks to the dumb things I’ve done

It’s a wonder, they’re alive

 

I was dumber then

I am wiser now

Despite my goofs

I survived somehow

If we all didn’t make mistakes

There’d be no key for delete

So many mess-ups

I know I won’t repeat

I was dumber then

 

Yesterday I spent much money

To improve my own health

But the only thing it achieved

Was to increase their wealth

I believed a long commercial

That they offered online

Now, I am thoroughly convinced

I will say no next time.

 

I was dumber then

I am wiser now

Despite my goofs

I survived somehow

If we all didn’t make mistakes

There’d be no key for delete

So many mess-ups

I know I won’t repeat

I am wiser now