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From Day to Day |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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They tell me I am jaded- Dreams long ago have faded... Of what most people call the normal life. A job, a home, a family; it seems these things are not for me I guess I’ve made a stranger of my wife. They say I am a selfish man, and many do not understand. I’ll give a man the shirt right off my back. What I once thought was living free, now has proved a cage to be. Somewhere along the way I lost the track. I do my talking with my pen, ‘tis only then you see within, And find somewhere deep inside there lies a heart. My solitary ways, I guess, have really made my home a mess- It looks like things will finally come apart. But I don’t know a way to be, except the way that makes me, me- So I’ll just let the chips fall where they may... And if I get the worst of it, the punishment’s the one that fits. And I’ll try to live my life from day to day. |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
gun........are you sure you wrote about you & NOT about me?....boy this echoes through my soul...i know it well...great write...helen |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Gunslinger.....The sincerity in this poem attracts and holds. Thank you for sharing. Bob |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Funny....how the knife cuts both ways.... |
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