i have found out unpleasantly that what is said and seen i don’t always receive correctly

so often i must ask for a pause to ask questions about what has transpired or it isn’t long before i find i have become entwined in a mire of confusion

i don’t really enjoy admitting sometimes i’m a we bit slow, but i have found that humbling myself to ask for clarification has been a much better way to go

so i will risk that classification if others wish it so but when it comes to the end i am amazed at the people who ask me what i’ve learned

better to be smart, then appear smart