Not My Little Joy

NOT MY LITTLE JOY Everyone who knows knows it shouldn’t have gone this way A friend I’ve had for eons knows this isn’t the way it should be That such a threat be handed unto me My ex-wife Peggy will say the same That such a strengthened opponent would summon my name Just three quicksilver years out of high school Thought I was cruel because those guys seemed cool Only to be confronted and finally tormented by such a gory ghoul Without question my parents would tell you “not my boy Not my boy who blessed this earth with his birth And oh how cute at only ten days old he could get up on one knee Things like this don’t happen to him, my husband or me” And they would say those exact same words only maybe paraphrased a bit I feel like yelling loud enough for people for miles around to hear me scream “Holy S**t This isn’t fair and I can’t bear the thought of such a callous end After my doing things an honest man could never defend Looking back at the people a hurt badly enough for blood to run And every single act of selfishness I have ever done So now, as my every dream, plan and prayer fades Maybe it’s righteously right that I would contact aids © 2011.… Phreepoetree “