Way back when I was a child, my dad and mom loved me so.
Then Daddy left for the war. Mother, baby brother, and me..
My grandmother lived with us also. My life was full of Love.
I missed my Daddy, the war lasted years but with time he came back.
As I grew up, I met the man of my dreams, so handsome.
My life became so happy. We had four children whose
Lives were full of Love. We went wherever his job took us,
From Montgomery, AL,to NC to Alaska, that's another story.
Now we are still happy. I am in a wheelchair from a terrible
Disease. We lost two sons to it but we can live with all that
Because all their suffering is over. One had a son, he comes
Every other weekend. He is a joy. We have a large deck lots
Of flowers and a ramp and a dog - lots of flowers on the patio.
We have a daughter and a son, seven grandsons, expecting
Our seventh great grand baby. Life is good and full of Love.
Holidays, our home can hardly hold everyone as they come here.
Come August we'll be here 41 years. We've been married
'53' years come July. His garden promies plenty this year.
Someday we will move again as we move to Heaven.
One by one we will go to be with Jesus. Life will be full
Of Love there as here. We will be with our sons and parents..
And all that have gone before us. I will be able to walk and not
Get tired, no disease there. What a wonderful Life it will be.
Hope to meet some of you wherever there's a place for poets.
Author notes
Later. maybe, I will go into all the heartbreaks but for now that's my life in a tiny nutshell
A contest entry
- Past Present and Future by SteveS by SteveS.
2000 points, ended June 21, 7 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
How do you like this? Is your life anything like mine?
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OK.
I don't understand why each line starts with a capital letter even though it is part of a sentance started on the previous line.
Is this a poem or simply a story? I don't read it as a poem.
You write as if you're a Jehova Witness. Are you? You might ask why I am indeed asking. It's because JW have a certain style. One of blinding faith. Fair enough I guess, but it makes for a hard to read poem (or otherwise)
Oh well, bit of a hard luck life. -
A life full, a life well lived this you do portray for all of us here to simply sit back and take in. If all could be so happy when the sunset of thier days is just off over the horizon it is something to behold.
You speak of happinnes and all the things that God has thought you worthy of, trials and tribulations simple opportunities for enriching this experience, the essence of our souls the moments we have gained and never lost.
Let the love that is in your heart burn across the sky like a Shooting Star as never seen before, one day we all will have come and gone and to this there is no remedy.
I like it, I like it so!
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what an incredible story! took my breath away!
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I love the last line....there should be a special place for poets. Thank you for the vignettes of your life and I appreciate the hopefulness in the section about the future. Change "where ever" to "wherever" in two places. Thanks for entering. Please don't respond to this message or any until the contest is over. I suggest use IM to other poets who have commented until after judging (for anonymity)
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I thought this great. I am glad you wrote this. It gave us insight into your life and it is precious and sometime heartbreak. I wish you well and may God bless you.
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