Homework

Did I back then 
set fire to everything 
watching it burn unbridled 
did my youthful arrogance 
lay waste time again 
only to rebuild because 
I had nothing better 
to do with life 
so many mulligans too
many resets and do-overs 
scratches tears and erosion 
that my life resembled 
the homework of some 
child unwilling to learn