Is there a way to count mistakes.

Is there a way to count mistakes
to measure them
to calculate
in that of fact?

We have this civilization
these laws within boundaries
lines on a map
taken and fought
each part with a set of laws
to reference
to determine our safety
carried off by that of power
is that fact?

I think of mistakes
and I think of failure
of losing
of not having
and I just don’t
feel for this
the way we eat
the way we cover in our clothes
the way we shelter in our homes
and how quickly it can be shredded
how quickly it can be taken
it can be lost
the victim at fault
that’s where we are
that’s how we live.

Thanks for reading.
-Temperamentally Tina