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(06/26/11) His entire life was in his pocket Starting from his daughters hair locket. A few pictures of him and his family Reminding him of how things used to be. A crumbled up note saying: Daddy ! I love you - I want you home. This is where you belong. The divorce had not gone too well He had put his family through a living hell. He felt the pressures getting to him Of things he did and places he’d been Of a life that he had been ashamed He turned to alcohol to ease the pain. They say with friends he had been Who Turned to crime and to sin. they convinced him that This business was easy prey And with this they could get away. He got caught and served some time Got out of jail and was doing fine. Then he ran across the same old crowd Drinking in a bar and getting loud. Since he had met them his life had changed He left the bar in a fit of rage. This rage soon opened up his mind And he fell to the floor and began to cry. He asked himself: how is it ! that we lose our way We leave our families and go astray. How is it ! That love is like wine It gets you drunk and leaves you blind. How is it ! That we fall under loves spell It makes us happy- or it puts us thru hell. How is it ! That we see faults in others But not in ourselves. Do we think that we could hide it And no one can tell. He was putting the blame on him falling in love And wanting to give his family so much more That he lost himself and forgot the score. He recalled: I once felt like a king on his throne And now I’m left all alone. I knew what it was like to make love Under the stars above. I would feel your heart beating on top of mine And thought that we’d be together till the end of time. Those beautiful nights and those fantastic days Where I would make love to you in every way. Like a fool I let this all slip away. He found religion on that night Turned his life around, and began his plight He would fight to get his family back He would not give up the slack. The pains of divorce changed his way And he knew he would never stray. His wife saw the change in him And decided to take him back in. His daughter now happy as can be Because once again she had her family.
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