"That's still How It's Meant to Be" (response to a comment on another site)

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"That's still How It's Meant to Be" (response to a comment on another site)

Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2004-07-09 11:48 PM

I sit, and take my pen in hand…
And organize my thoughts.
And try to write, you understand?
The wisdom time has wrought.

“Do I have friends?” a few I guess…
The fault is not my own.
Some men respect, perhaps admire,
A man who walks alone.

And maybe in a sense they see-
The man they could have been.
Had they drawn cards like I have drawn,
A hand that could not win.

I fault no man, for what I am.
The choices made were mine.
I’ll sleep within the bed I made,
And will not gripe and whine.

“If I had known?” ah, there’s the rub-
Had I but merely known…
How selfish was this heart of mine.
I’d left romance alone.

For when one thinks just of himself-
Disaster’s sure to follow.
The maid who gives her heart away,
To one who’s soul is hollow.

An empty space, devoid of love-
Is all that dwells within-
The grim façade of men like me,
As fairy tales we spin.

The hurt I’ve caused, the hearts I’ve broke.
The tears I’ve caused to fall…
I’d like to think that I’d avoid…
If I’d but known it all.

But let me close, I’ve said enough-
The rest I leave to thee…
But I repeat, my end is meet-
That’s how it’s meant to be.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2004-07-09 11:59 PM

John, on one hand I really do get it. I used to say that we come into this world alone and we leave alone so we should get used to it....and relationships are just teachers. Sounds like you have had plenty of school. I always enjoy reading your thoughts though, and in a way, in sharing them, you are not alone.......jo

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

2 posted 2004-07-10 12:03 PM

Even though this had a sadness feel to it,
it is a beautifully written poem. Thanks
for sharing your heart.

Hugs,
Ethel

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