Reminiscence

I wish I'd done more; 
Like learning to tickle a guitar's chords 
and make it breathe mellifluous notes, 
Mastering first position to sixth position 
then move onto adagio to allégro to en pointe, 
Perhaps write a novel or two and dozens of 
sonnets, haikus, ballads, elegies and so forth. 
But i was too busy planning lessons and 
reflecting on my previous ones. 
 
I wish I'd done more; 
Visit Table mountain, Kilimanjaro and even Everest while i had the bones, 
Confront my deepest fears - do bungee jumping to swimming with the sharks, 
The Grand Canyon skywalk? 
I wish I'd have done it too. 
I should've done more, but I was 
too busy preparing standardised tests.