Charles Reese Poet Rhyme

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.

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