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those things that you -n't

January 27, 2013
By hannahbanana999 GOLD, Holmdel, New Jersey
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“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.” - Jack Handey

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Only the things I didn’t do
Can haunt me in my sleep.
There can be no regret
For when I stood up
And did the things I wouldn’t

When all that’s been said
And all that is done
Is what you thought you wouldn’t
Then you can only regret
When you lacked the courage
To do the things that you couldn’t

And when you do
The things that you didn’t
Those that you thought you couldn’t,
There is no relief
Because there will always be
Even more things that I didn’t.

© Alex D., Phoenix, AZ

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