What Shaped My Life

Time and events chisel and shape our lives, an unknown sculptor blue prints your life plan, a knock here, a cut there, we think ‘not fair’ we journey along through ridges and lairs, rewards flow in that we relish and cheer, count our gains in terms of money we earn, real reward is that we don’t understand, the gift of wisdom that comes with failures, the gift of forbearance that comes with grief, the gift of love that comes with family, the gift of happiness comes from sharing, the gift of compassion helps us wipe tears! from end of life we look back to admire, the road map of our journey now much clear, brothers, sisters with parents and teachers, have guided my life to what it matters, enemies who threw at me their arrows, helped me strengthen to counter my sorrows, every defeat made me that much smarter, thanks to many foes for playing their part, If my life had been happy and easy, I would have ended up a useless slob! 2nd placement ‘It is a part of me’ Poetry contest! Silent One Written 15/11/2020 10 syllables each line rhyme not intended! 22 lines