I can pretend it never happened

I can pretend it never happened

Enough time has passed by now

For me to get away with that I think

I was in a strange place

At the time

I guess it was a life stage

I wasn’t keen to confront

Or to deny in fact

But it was running the show

And not in a good

Or useful way

But even so

It could well have been fine

But that wasn’t my task

My task it seemed to me

was to play a game and lose

And from that learn

That not everyone enjoys

The same games

Or learns from their mistakes

That didn’t seem like mistakes at the time.

And indeed a minor adjustment in focus

Would have put events on the “right” track

But what would have been achieved by that?

A monumental stuff up on the surface

Is not exactly how it seems.

It’s likely it could not be any other way.

And because of it I’m happier than I’ve ever been

With where I find myself today.