Live Your Life And Live It Well
31 Jan 2019 1:47 PM
Live your life and live it well
Listen to the stories I tell
Mom and dad did not raise me
I was raised by Aunt Virgie and Uncle Steve
My family was in an earthly hell
Put there by a man with his own stories that he did not tell
No one understood his pain
Everyone knew that he was insane
My mother I still talk to her
She is strong but angry about all that occured
She was not a saint it is plain to see
But she did not want those trials for her family
Misunderstood and divided we are
Scattered about but still connected by heart
We speak little and rarely eachother see
But there is still love between us as it should be
But we wonder about it all
Trying to make sense and find purpose in the fall
I never really felt wanted, I felt all was rejection
I was someone elses child who needed protection
I guess that is one reason I served
Though I never went to battle I did my part unsung and unheard
I worked to much as I raised you two
I was always so busy and had little time for you
But my heart is all love and always will be
For the darling girls that God gave me
I failed in my marriage and in that I failed you
But I tried to fix it I did all that I could do
Now you are young ladies all beautiful and grown
Out in the world making choices of your own
We did have some good times
Fishing and camp fires and sneaking pies
I am your dad and we have good memories to make
Call me come see me for goodness sake
Don't live your life as I have lived mine
Full of worry, regret and time
Live your life and live it well
Make it a good story to tell
Copyright © Jasonpoet Boyd | Year Posted 2019
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