What Did You Think Would Happen

What did you think would happen

When you placed your hand on that hot stove

Even though you’d done it before

What were you trying to do

Knowing you would get burned

Why did you go back to that situation

Knowing in your heart or mind that the outcome wouldn’t be different

What did you think would happen

Maybe you didn’t listen or heed everyone else’s advice thinking this time would be different

Even though everything points to the opposite

What did you think would happen when you held your hand to that flame

Maybe the worst lessons must be learned twice

Before it drills through our thick skulls

You should have read the writing on the wall

Had it transcribed and translated like Belshazzar

Our days are numbered and counted by God

So why waste it on impossible outcomes

What did you think would happen

Don’t place your hand into the flame knowing you’ll get burned