Like a bitter dose of medicine

That hurt before the cure began

The saying thrust into my head

Useless it seemed and bit instead

Blinded to its benefit, i turned away and spit it out

How would i know, the ache had spread

In time the symptoms began to show

The pain prolonged

and grew more strong

Given no choice

I had to wait

My cure would show

if that was fate

But time just passed

Forgot to heal

I wondered with despair

Just then someone turned the page

Forgotten was the old pain

A new love, a new mistake

Another saying said again

Lessons not learned by books and words

Were lessons best self learnt

And so i set the books aside

And waited for the new pain to subside