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John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2001-11-23 08:15 PM

Not Even If Could

I did a lot of drifting, back when I was young.
I really cannot understand, why youth equates with dumb.
I saw a lot of country, while living on the road...
When freedom was my motto, hitch-hiking was my mode.

No house, no debts, back in those days, no place I had to be.
Not one soul in the universe, who worried about me.
A cowboy and a drifter, out in the great Southwest-
The mountains and the desert, were the life I loved the best.

But years and miles behind me, have changed the way I think-
Have changed the style of life I lead, and taught me not to drink.
I've found we can't undo the past, exchange the bad for good-
But I'm not sure I'd change a thing, not even if I could.

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2001-11-23 08:17 PM

your gift of cadence is evident in this reflective piece
well done poet sir

[This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 11-23-2001).]

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

2 posted 2001-11-23 09:20 PM

BRAVO!!!! I know I wouldn't change my past. It is what made me who I am today and I happen to like who I turned out to be. *grin* well most days I like me.

Wonderfully said, John.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Secret Whisper
Member

since 2001-01-25

Posts 298
Through the Looking Glass

3 posted 2001-11-23 11:42 PM

I have only one thing to say about this piece: "But I'm not sure I'd change a thing, not even if I could." Well written.

Quod me nutrit me destruit.
("What nourishes me also destroys me." - latin)

~lewisone~
Member

since 2001-11-23

Posts 91
Virginia

4 posted 2001-11-24 12:53 PM

Excellant! We all turn out to be alright, some just take a longer path. The way you
expressed the path you took was very enlightening.....Nice work! Keep it up
~lewisone~

[This message has been edited by ~lewisone~ (edited 11-24-2001).]

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

5 posted 2001-11-24 03:03 AM

much enjoyed..... : )

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2001-11-24 02:12 PM

Enjoyed this John...James

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