Repetition

If we learned from our mistakes,
We’d be so much better.
Somehow past advice is rarely
Followed to the letter.

Being burned should make us fear
Proximity to fire;
Yet we still delude ourselves
And let that dread expire.

Wisdom is a tricky thing;
It comes at great expense.
Repeating blunders from the past
Just doesn’t make much sense.

Eventually we’ll understand
And then internalize
That folly’s repetition
Steals the key to getting wise.