We Didn't Learn a Thing
Reflections of a Year: Unlearned Lessons in Life's Turmoil
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What a year it’s been
Reflecting on the past year and its events
Full of fireworks and flames
Notable for both positive and negative experiences
I asked the harder questions
Posing challenging questions
But the answers never came
Lamenting the absence of satisfactory answers
What a time this is
Commenting on the current state of affairs
I can’t believe the things we say
Expressing disbelief at the spoken words
It’s too late to take them back
Regretting the inability to retract spoken words
And we probably meant them anyway
Suggesting sincerity in the spoken words
We didn’t learn a thing from it
Admitting a lack of learning from experiences
Even got a little worse somehow
Noticing a negative trend in circumstances
It didn’t change a thing did it
Asserting that no positive change occurred
No Just look at where the hell we are now
Highlighting the current undesirable situation
We could’ve learned that all our failures are just there to help us win
Suggesting the potential for growth from failures
But we didn’t learn a thing
Emphasizing the lack of actual learning
What a day it’s been
Describing the events of the day
Time to open something good
Anticipating a positive moment
Drink away the memories
Using substances to cope with memories
It shouldn’t work but I’m glad it does
Surprised that coping mechanisms are effective
What a life it’s been
Reflecting on the overall journey of life
But where did it all go?
Expressing confusion about the passage of time
All the faded pictures
Noting the existence of faded memories
Of a time I’ll never know
Referencing an inaccessible past
Kicking and screaming never listening pointing fingers
Describing negative behaviors: resistance, ignorance, blame
Just as long as we don’t have to accept
Rejecting responsibility for problems
That we are part of a problem we’re too entitled to solve and
Acknowledging a collective societal issue
Deserve everything that we’re gonna get
Accepting consequences for entitlement
All this madness, misplaced anger,
Describing chaos and misdirected anger
Feels like pissing straight into the wind
Highlighting futile efforts
And we didn’t learn a thing
Reiterating the lack of learning from experiences
NOT A FUCKING THING
Emphasizing the absence of any significant realization
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