Experience and hindsight attach
many cautious notes to life
Hard lessons learnt and
sorely remembered tend to remain
Mature voices of wisdom
sought to instil their tales of woe
While I in my juvenile world,
had to test and try warnings
I knew an iron was very hot,
but I just had to feel the burn
It’s sometimes hard to
fathom the reasoning or stupidity
When untold advisories are
blatantly and flagrantly broken
Boundaries are wilfully crossed
and dangers are revealed
Some need to taste many poisonous
concoctions of evil
In order to verify that
they are not at a social disadvantage
Blindly following celebrity
trends of wild and crazy living
Such fallout brings pain to
broken relationships and homes
Within this world we find
ourselves surrounded by mistakes
The dire consequences of
ignoring the perils of disrespect
Oceanic life and nature’s
very existence is at immense risk
If we fail to heed tell-tale
signs indicating our own demise…
Eileen T O’Neill
18/09/2019