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John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2001-06-05 10:52 PM

My Mother used to worry-
About the life we led...
She often told me tearfully,
That we would wind up dead.

The fast cars, and the whiskey-
The beer joints and the guns...
Looking back, I can?t believe,
We used to call that fun.

A lot of tears and hard knocks,
Are mile posts on that road.
And a sad and guilty conscience-
Makes for a heavy load.

It seems my friends and family-
Are names upon some stone.
I never thought I?d live so long,
That I would be alone.

But drinking can be suicide-
I guess I learned that late...
My mother died so tired and old,
And only fifty-eight.

My brother died at forty-
A coward shot him down...
You know? I really can?t believe-
That I am still around.

I guess I?ve learned my lesson-
For I no longer drink...
And now before I make a move-
I take the time to think.

I did my share of foolishness,
As down life?s road I?ve trod.
But back in nineteen eighty-one,
I made my peace with God.

Saunni
Senior Member

since 2000-07-11

Posts 1777
West Virginia

1 posted 2001-06-05 11:09 PM

I am sure God walks beside you! Great poem!

Sauni

Sauni :)
Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak
I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2001-06-05 11:11 PM

wonderful poem, great verse and great rhymn

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-06-05 11:25 PM

Bravo for you!! It is never to late to make your peace with Him. Wonderful write.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rosebud1229
Senior Member

since 2000-04-05

Posts 1813
North Carolina

4 posted 2001-06-06 12:31 PM

I really liked this

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

5 posted 2001-07-06 12:41 PM

Gunslinger-
   This is wonderful!
   Such a positive ending, and a
   very promising new beginning..
   This one speaks volumes.

   hugs,
   ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

Ethan Halo
Senior Member

since 2000-04-28

Posts 793
on the roof again

6 posted 2001-07-06 02:03 AM

"everyone's got their demons
we all got somethin to atone for"

good to know you've smoothed the road...
excellent read.

"You gotta love livin 'cause dyin's a pain in the ass."
-Frank Sinatra

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

7 posted 2001-07-06 04:28 PM

He is the only one you have to answer to.
Take care of yourself and we'll be reading your work for a long time to come.

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

8 posted 2001-07-06 06:08 PM

I can picture Mike Ness singing these words. Very matter-of-fact, but thought provoking in a lyrical way.

-MVS

"If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn."

"Everyone can hear; few can listen."

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