Hindsight

“It seemed like a good idea at the time”

Is a phrase I uttered all too often in my youth

Trying to justify my stupid actions

Like jumping off a three-storey car-park roof

Or giving a teacher a ton of abuse

Nearly resulting in me being thrown at of school

And contrary to several witnesses’ views

It wasn’t just a matter of me trying to be cool

It just seemed like a good idea at the time

 

Like the time I almost stood in front of a train

Or put a knife to my wrist

Ready to slice open the vein

I saw no better way to let go of the pain

Silly little things I very nearly did

Because they seemed like a good idea at the time

But hindsight has taught me

They were anything but clever

I’ve learned from the experience

And come back stronger, and better