mistakes

More numerous than seeds sown are the mistakes of a life.
Inside the kernel of every decision
Steeps possibility for growth or decay,
Til the kernel splits,
And action germinates,
Killing dreams deferred,
Emptying the tomb from which beauty emerges as
Shoots spring forth something transformed.

Mistakes make a life.
Anchoring these bodies to the dirt of this world,
Keeping the humus  inside human hearts,
Enfolded within each decision until we own who we are becoming,

And decide if it's who we want to be.

Live your mistakes
Instead of dying with them.
Feel the warm cut in your flesh,
Empty what withers the spirit,
                                     and grow wiser.