i`m on the train,no going back
a lonely sight, this railroad track
no idea how far i will get
way off in that big sunset
away i`ll go to start a new life
leaving behind my kids and wife
i`m truly sorry leaving them in debt
coz i like women, whiskey and a bet
also sorry to all others i`ve blamed
i now realize and i am so ashamed
for being out drinking, never at home
while my wife brings up the kids on her own
suppose my leaving will be a relief
all i have given her is lots of grief
my running away will break her free
one day maybe she will forgive me
in my heart i don`t want to go
coz i really do love her so
i must go though, and mend my ways
hopefully come back one of these days
prove myself a much better man
i can do it, i just know i can
its up to me ,decide my fate
i just hope, that she will wait
so off i`ll go, no idea where i`ll be living
just hoping the wife and kids are forgiving
why did i have to go and deliberately shame her
if she hates my guts,how can i blame her
so with some help from the lord above
i hope i can prove and show my love
to the only three people that matter to me
my two kids,and my sweet loving lady
so i`m heading off to start a new life
hopefully one day with my kids and wife
what they will do she will need to ponder
i hope absence does make the heart grow fonder
but if she remarries to another man
i guess i would really understand
only one person could be blamed i see
and that fool, would of course be me
Author notes
Option 4 , perhaps, runaway by Tarja
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Thanks for entering my contest!
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This is a sad poem but I think it was a good one.
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Well... okay here's how this goes... this was a very well written piece.... while it was very simple, it was full of such intense emotion and decisions. Now... I LIKED the poem. I did not like the fact that this person is leaving a wife and his children. (NO NOT TAKE THIS AS REJECTIONS TOWARDS THE POEM.) I LIKE IT VERY MUCH. I just found the message to be ... low. I think that a man needs to be a man and stand by his family no matter what because that is what a MAN does and what FAMILIES do.
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Aww, so sad, but nicely written; a beautiful poem.
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a sad write...
I thank you for sharing it with us your viewers and of course me as well...
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Thank you for your kind remarks
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Good write, it could use some spell checking and some caps here and there. I think it is for option three but please put the option in your author notes or I will have to DQ you. Thanks.
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