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*wise decision

Some things are better 

                         Left unsaid

 

Some memories are better

                         Left untouched 

 

Some people are better 

                          Left unpushed 

 

Some judgments are better 

                           Left not given 

 

Some times love is better 

                             Left not reciprocated 

 

Some books are better 

                              Left unread 

 

Some places are better 

                                Left unexplored 

 

Some aims are better 

                                 Left unachieved 

 

Some love stories are better 

                                 Left unlived 

 

Some fairytale are better 

                                  Left unwritten 

 

Some songs are better 

                                 Left unsung 

 

Some roads are better 

                                  Left not walked upon 

 

Some Houses are better 

                                  Left unbuilt 

 

Some love letters are better 

                                  Left unwritten 

 

Some flowers are better 

                                  Left unplucked 

 

Some lyrics are better 

                                 Left incomplete 

 

Some dreams are better 

                                 Left unwoven 

 

Some emotions are better 

                                  Left not felt 

 

Some feelings are better 

                                  Left not shared

 

Because sometimes it's better to leave things as they are

There's wisdom and beauty in everything that's incomplete 

🌷(4)

◄ *Missed opportunity

*lessons of life ►

Comments

N.B

Sun 19th Jun 2022 02:57

Thank you Hazel. Of course there's always two sides of a coin. I totally agree with mark twain's alternative view. It gives me an idea to write another poem.

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Hazel ettridge

Fri 17th Jun 2022 09:28

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." Mark Twain.
Just an alternative view.

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