Mistakes

What can we say about our past
but that we cannot repeat it?

We move forward
but are sometimes overwhelmed
by memories.

Hindsight, being what it is,
a great view into
what should have been,
fixes nothing.

If only we had that ability
to snatch back mistakes
before we commit them.

Then the "what if's" would disappear
and all mistakes
would never happen.

Supposing, is the ear worm,
the wish to correct our mistakes
before they happen;
it keeps repeating
at different times in our heads.

Fond memories are cherished.
But the ones that cause the "if's"
are a persistent mental bugger,
that pop up occasionally
causing toss and turns at night.

I wish my mind would not
wander there, that black void
of mistakes that  I wish I could
take back.

It is so frustrating to know
my own mistakes
placed me where I am
today.

Apologies to time
won't rectify
what went wrong.