<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=427894" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mud On My Shoe (A Poem About Regret)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I walk alone.<br>Sometimes the day is sunny.<br>Sometimes the day is cloudy. <br>Rainy.<br>Thunderstorms loom and threaten.<br>But, alas, there is no umbrella<br>to shield me<br>and to shield<br>the turbulent storm in my heart.<br>The dismal weather matches my fluctuating mood<br>of melancholy and regret.<br> <br>The puddle looms but I don't see it.<br>Am I weary rose-colored glasses? <br>Perhaps.<br>Sometimes a girl can only see a puddle<br>when she is already in it.<br>Such is life. Such is love. Such is heartache.<br> <br>Mud clings to my shoe.<br>Tenacious.<br>Uninvited.<br>Bitter and lacking any mirth.<br>The epitome of my regret. <br>I try to scrub it off.<br>Still some mud lingers<br>maddeningly <br>and it seems<br>nothing I can do will change that.<br>Mud intertwines with my regret.<br>Hindsight is always 20/20, <br>so they say.<br>I sadly agree.<br> <br>You live and you learn.<br>So true.<br>Mistakes will be made.<br>It is inevitable.<br>Unfortunately, <br>growth often involves pain, <br>mistakes, <br>and heartache.<br>Some mistakes are cleansed by the cool touch<br>of healing waters<br>while others seem to fester like open sores<br>and linger on<br>and on<br>and on.<br>Thus, like the mud on my shoe, <br>these mistakes are not cleansed, <br>nor are they forgiven.<br>Regrettably.<br> <br>Forlorn. <br>I walk on alone.<br>Hoping for a sunny day<br>and perhaps<br>a rainbow, <br>or a moon<br>and a starry night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Julie+A+Smith">Julie A Smith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=427894" data-title="Mud On My Shoe (A Poem About Regret) de Julie A Smith" data-description="I walk alone. Sometimes the day is sunny. Sometimes the day is cloudy. Rainy. Thunderstorms loom and threaten. But, alas, there is no umbrella to shield me and to shield the turbulent storm in my heart. The dismal weather matches my fluctuating m..."></div> </div> </div>

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