Stop! Don't <br />linger over long gone regrets. Don't <br />think to change the past; <br />Out of reach but for the mind, <br />Don't <br />fool yourself with guilt <br />Cannot be used to fly backward; <br />There is only in front <br />The unwritten choices while <br />Permanent ink stays alway. <br />Remember! <br />Use the past to alter future, Don't <br />waste the present. Mourn the past, <br />If you must, then <br />Learn from mistakes. Don't <br />spend your mind on them. Flee <br />far from Despair yearns for that <br />Is not There <br />yes, is gone. Don't <br />linger o'er regrets <br />Like mist shrouding a clear path <br />Snow on the road, or is it a field? <br />Use them, get on with life's <br />The Non-mistakes<br /><br />Daniel Nairn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stop-4/