Rightly Jennings Poet Rhyme

Going Forward

Don't it sound like              
Th' old is about to die?  
Take them happy stories     
And say goodbye               
      We were going forward until you left me behind   
We were going forward, through the best n' the worst of times  

Change of season                             
As even the clocks unwind            
When you would come around like
A friend of mine                                     
      We were going forward until you left me behind
         You would come around, Claude, and we would unwind

Didn't we have enough of the stuff of life, Claude?

Long way to go with 
Abrasions on the knee               
Take aim at the target though it's          
Well out of reach                                    
       We were going forward until you left me behind    
              We were going forward until you left me

Didn't we have the worst and the best of times?

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Leo Larry Amadore March 27, 2015 at 4:12 PM I enjoyed reading your poem, Paul...it is always interesting and sometimes informative to be given glimpses into the personal lives of others, and the use of repetition (in a good way) to invoke a rather sad litany does awaken the senses. Rightly Jennings March 27, 2015 at 6:52 PM Thanks Leo. You're right with the positive use of repetition. Articulate replies are the best!