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Gunslinger
Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2019-04-13 11:48 AM


“Good enough?” I wonder?
Who’s to set the scale?
With some, the requisite is small-
With others, most will fail.

“Good enough?” if that’s the case-
I cannot help but wonder…
When it comes to matters of the heart,
So many seem to blunder?

Men are attracted through the eye-
And never stop to think,
That beauty, like the flower fades…
In less time than a blink.

Woman on the other hand,
Responds to what she hears.
Words will open up their hearts-
And words will bring the tears.

“Good enough?” a place to sleep,
To rest my weary head.
And sustenance to give me strength,
If it be only bread.

And maybe, just a single friend-
Who understands my frame,
A maybe some kindhearted lass,
Who will smile to hear my name?

If I could but attain to these
Although the road be rough,
When I lay me down to die-
I will say, “That’s good enough.”

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2019-04-14 02:13 AM


I like this one. Good Enough is a question I think it does us all good to ponder. I don't know about you, but I've come up with more than a few "It'll just have to do". ~L
Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
2 posted 2019-04-15 09:21 PM


Glad to see you back, Gunslinger. I see you haven't lost your touch.

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