It Could Have Been a Whole Lot Worse

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Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2005-05-08 10:48 PM

In a quiet evaluation
Of the life I've lived, today.
I pondered many choices-
Many partings of the way.

As I looked back on the pathways
That I've chosen in my life.
I don't wonder that they've cost me
Friends and children, home, and wife.

When in my teens and twenties
I was always on the go...
To chase the golden promise,
That I saw in rodeo.

In my early thirties,
That race was nearly run-
I never was a champion-
But I did have lots of fun.

Next I turned to making money
But I did not have the knack.
And a string of failing ventures-
Made me stop and face the fact.

Middle age then turned me crazy
Made me hunger for romance.
But when I finally held the fiddle
Seemed that no one wants to dance.

So I drew my stock and rode it,
Made mistakes and faced the tune;
In the twilight years I'm facing-
I await the rising moon.

And the lonely man within it-
And I will then converse,
My life has been a good one,
It could have been a whole lot worse.

MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

1 posted 2005-05-08 11:03 PM

nicely put~

a hug for you

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

2 posted 2005-05-08 11:15 PM

I love this! Just to be able to look back and accept the chips where they fall, rather than fussing over a lot of shoulda's.  (taking this to the library to read before evaluating my lifetime again!)

              thanks,
             miscellanea

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

3 posted 2005-05-08 11:24 PM

good attitude and good writing. Thank you , martyjo

Startime55
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since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

4 posted 2005-05-09 12:17 PM

Ah...how we can all look back and see how our choices have made us who we are....You reflect so much in words that make the picture clear....Life goes on and with each raising of the sun bringing new experiences and new choices...you put it perfectly...Magnificent...*big hugs*

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2005-05-09 12:21 PM

Hi cowboy...good to read you once again.
You know..we make choices throughout our lives,
perhaps not always the right one,
but when we look back..
I don't think I would have changed a thing..
and I have a feeling you wouldn't either.

~Hugs to you, Nancy~

Life is one great big canvas;
throw all the paint on it you can.
-Danny Kaye

Cloud 9
Senior Member

since 2004-11-05

Posts 980
Ca

6 posted 2005-05-09 12:29 PM

Yeeeaahhh!! I too remember the choices I made at that age. And, yes, I too hung out with the "cowboy/girl" crowd. Watch our friends ride in the rodeo. And the PRCA rodeo dances......wow!!! Loved going. Got into lots of trouble. Wranglers, Coors and Copenhagen. Aww, the memories. lol

Local Rebel
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since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

7 posted 2005-05-09 10:17 PM

probably would have been had you not pursued your dreams -- you write it with class Gunslinger.

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2005-05-09 10:22 PM

Middle age then turned me crazy
Made me hunger for romance.
But when I finally held the fiddle
Seemed that no one wants to dance.

I'll dance with ya cowboy of my heart!!
Much enjoyed. Chris

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

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