by BentleeSmith Falls, Ontario, Canada
Aug 2009 662 Views 6 comments
"pyrrhic victories"
Twenty twenty in hindsight
Overrated perhaps
Was the means that day
Did what I did hastily.
Into a recessed corner stood I
Feared decision made
Momentary gain
With shadowed pain of sacrificial loss.
Imagine the dice in a toss,
Induced regrettable cost
Often to win
You've lost!
~Bentlee~
Overrated perhaps
Was the means that day
Did what I did hastily.
Into a recessed corner stood I
Feared decision made
Momentary gain
With shadowed pain of sacrificial loss.
Imagine the dice in a toss,
Induced regrettable cost
Often to win
You've lost!
~Bentlee~
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Posted: Aug 2009
About this poem:
Hmmm bad decisions I've made a few to fast with little thought of the big picture.Poems entered on these pages are copyrighted by the authors who entered them. They cannot be reproduced without the author's written consent. © Copyright 2001-2024. All rights reserved.
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