A Regular Man

I read a poem when but a youth That inspired me to something simple see When I was young and in poor health A regular man I wanted to be I worked and prayed to be the best At the simple things in life I knew My health got better and so did the rest With the struggles in life I grew Now math was my passion from little up Though I had to leave school when only a tween My learning continued for I wouldn't stop From someday obtaining my dream You see a dream that is followed Will take you as far as you can believe So for me subpar would simply not do For I had much more to achieve Now I would still get my schooling Though I needed no school to learn I would get the info from wherever I could A high school degree in time I would earn Now manual labor is all that I've done To earn a living you see But I am still working to overcome For a regular man I still want to be Now a regular man continues to work To be the best that he can be He doesn't give up when things get rough But will overcome mountains you see My life I feel is far from through For there is much more my faith can see I know with Gods help what I will now do Yes a regular man I will someday be Wrote August 11 2015 Written for the Childhood Dream contest.