Experience

All my life

I had been taught

Experience was what

I needed

That with enough

The pieces

Would all fall

Into place

And in some ways

They had been right

These days I made

Fewer mistakes

Doubted less

Knew more

They never told me

That experience

Can make you lazy

That experience

Can stop you

From thinking.

They failed to mention

Above all else

That very little

is required

To turn experience

To arrogance.

I still didn’t understand

Where she had come from

But with the best ones,

You never really know.

For that, you don’t need

Experience

You need

Luck.