If I rolled the dice carved out of my weathered bone And offered of my blood the libation to the fane When even the reaper’s mockery forsakes me alone My own clangorous thoughts are the last to remain

T. M. Lakomy
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You can't escape the past, but you can learn from it. What we do with our mistakes is important. We can either dwell on them and let them control our lives, or we can let them give us a chance to do something better with the lessons learned. This poem is about how we can learn from our mistakes and become better people as a result.

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