Should I Regret

Should I regret Having lived my life For a mistake? I thought I might be a writer Others would want to read I am not And most probably will never be- Sometimes I think this is alright I did what I needed to do with my life I wrote and learned much And enjoyed most of it But there are times Like now When the mistake hurts When the word failure is not a painless word There are times I think I should have done some small ordinary thing And made an ordinary good and happy life Instead of writing and writing With no real response no answer Perhaps my father was right A simple grade-school or high- school teacher No great ambition no sad failure Instead of a poor old babbler babbling still And waiting for Eureka from somewhere out there Which does not want to know I exist