Ordinary Joe

When I heard the news I thought “Too Bad” He never excelled at much throughout his life Never hit a homerun or broke the finish line No diplomas or degrees adorned his walls Or important titles attached to his name He was average looking man prematurely gray A receding hairline and a few extra pounds The beauty was he didn’t care just laughed it off Accepting this was the way his fate unrolled His music was always soft and near silent And he never claimed to know it all He would answer a simple “I don’t know” Never extravagant in his tastes His eyes revealed his disdain for that Prudence was something unfamiliar to him Though he wasted nothing over the years Finally after a long quiet life amongst us His time came to a quiet peaceful end I’ll treasure the memory that spilled from hearts Who came to pay their last respects to him was… “He was a great friend”