Walking Away

"Imagine"

You're at the top of your career  You spent years practicing and proving that you could be the very best,  if given a chance. Just one chance.

Now you are the NFL Super Star, making millions, signing autographs, collecting millions more with your endorsements.   And in  that one brief moment of drunkenness and rage, everything you spent your life working for you just threw it away!  

Your wife continues to plead that you were both just playing but today things are seen, filmed and posted on the Internet.  Damned be the iPhone as you sit in jail charged with domestic violence.

Looking back, if you had one chance to do this over again, would you find yourself just walking away? 



12/14/15
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Makama Avatar
December 22, 2015 at 7:57 AM
your discrete lines filled with sweet smelling ingredients so palatable to the mind are just beyond gratitude and appreciation. This page is a wonder and your poetry speaks volume of creativity beyond physical perspective. keep it up friend and this is definitely a 7.
Konos Avatar
December 22, 2015 at 8:19 AM
well listen to you...aren't you nice...thanks for the visit...
A  Avatar
December 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM
JUDY, Congrats on your win. SKAT
Konos Avatar
December 22, 2015 at 8:20 AM
Boot SKAT.....you have one swell of a happy Holidays...
Allison Avatar
December 17, 2015 at 1:36 AM
Dropping back with my congrats:-) hugs jan xx
Konos Avatar
December 17, 2015 at 5:32 AM
thank you
Lindley Avatar
December 16, 2015 at 6:03 PM
CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN. Great question,one I've often asked myself about , wasting those many years trying to save my first wife from her drug addition.
Konos Avatar
December 17, 2015 at 5:33 AM
sorry to hear this but you did your part..You tried..and that's all you can do....
Tor Avatar
December 16, 2015 at 10:36 AM
Great question at the end Judy. Congratulations on your win!
Konos Avatar
December 16, 2015 at 4:38 PM
thank you Michael
Lamoureux Avatar
December 15, 2015 at 7:31 PM
What a sad story that for some is tragically true.
Konos Avatar
December 15, 2015 at 10:29 PM
Indeed glad we are not part of the 'some'....good to see ya
Allison Avatar
December 15, 2015 at 1:17 AM
I am sure there are many that would walk away given a second chance Judy - one moment of madness can impact onto one's life so dramatically:-( good luck in the contest:-) hugs jan xx
Konos Avatar
December 16, 2015 at 4:39 PM
hello Jan thanks for stopping...
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