Lewis Raynes Poet Quatrain

I'M a Permanently Casual Knight

I'm permanently casual, a full on part time,
A jack of just about every small trade.
When I was young my friends merrily defined their own career,
But it was with girls that I always played.

Untrained and unprogrammed, uneducated and unskilled,
I pretended I knew everything.
From building a house, to farming a farm,
To boxing a man in the ring.

But when I replumbed my own house, we needed a plumber,
To repair the damage I'd done.
And it turns out a doctor knows more than I do,
When I shot myself with a shotgun.

So even though I think I'm good at doing stuff,
Deep down I know that I'm not.
I'll keep writing poetry, painting paints and being creative,
But I'm no knight of no round tabled Camelot.

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Debbie Guzzi July 30, 2016 at 7:32 PM All most women care about is that you try! And you are trying,best of luck. Light & love Debbie Lewis Raynes July 30, 2016 at 10:07 PM Thanks Debbie, all we can ever do is try :)

Karam Misra July 30, 2016 at 7:48 AM Well, Lewis, I thought I was a Jack-of-all-trades myself and tried my hand at everything to save few bucks but ultimately had to call in the experts to refix the things I had unfixed to fix! Enjoyed the read. ~karam~ Lewis Raynes July 30, 2016 at 10:06 PM Yep, I think lots of people have been here.