I wish I knew
How to be be smart.
How to gauge people
From inside out,
Rather than outside in.
I wish I knew
Not to waste a moment
Whenever it came by
With someone,
Than hoping it was someone else.
I wish I knew
When to say things
That I so badly wanted to,
Than shut up and shut off,
Only to speak what didn’t matter.
I wish I knew
To listen to my heart,
While I still could,
Than regret what is left,
What could have been.
I wish I knew
It was better to be a fool
Than the eternally wise.
For the wise can only teach,
While the fools really live.
I wish I knew
Then what I know now.
But the time has changed.
Now I hope I remember
Everything I wish I knew…
A Struggling Author 
I agree completely with almost all of these verses, awesome little poem! 👍🏻
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Thank you so much, Cailin. 😀 So humbled that you could actually connect with it.
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I’ve always had a tremendous appreciation for poetry and whenever someone is able to put into words feelings and thoughts I’ve always had and be able to express them so perfectly, I usually always let them know! 😄
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Now that says loads about you! Only a sensitive person is able to feel what someone else is trying to say. Moreover, a kind person makes it a point to let others feel good about their work. You, Cailin, are both.🤗
I’m so glad to have come to know you.
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That just like made my day! Thank you so much for saying such kind things about me! It’s a blessing and a curse though I assure you. 😆
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My pleasure. 😀
Stay the way you are.
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If only we knew before.
Once we know you’re so right, we must remember.
Every step is bringing us closer to ourselves.
Very nice poetry as always
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Thank you so much, Marie! 🤗
Yes, hopefully we are becoming better. 🙂
Hopefully, we won’t make the same mistakes again.
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Yeah I too wish the same..
Like it💕
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Somewhere or the other, we all do. Thanks. 😀
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OMG!!! This is so me!!! Precisely put into words.. Great
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So glad that you could see yourself in the poem! 😀
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I am instant fan of your writings. Love the flow.
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Thank you, Navin! Even your poems are really good. 😀
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