My Life
MY LIFE
What life has previously portrayed for me
That not quite often, unfortunately,
Have I ever seen the overall picture unfold?
Or heard all the untold story told,
Sometimes I have felt that life has passed me by
Where confusion, hurt, and anger
From an early age has reigned,
And still today it seems it rains down on my everyday parade,
Feelings of not quite being in the family mould it seems,
Hunger a mainstay for breakfast of the day,
Where angry outbursts was an upfront method
Of expressing how I felt in any given breath,
And never, never really understanding
Surrounding circumstances that embraced me in its arms,
Where hand-me-downs were elegance of dress expressed
An embarrassment in amongst my peers always sensed,
Love, encouragement, and understanding of self,
Just words never articulated and corporal punishment
The reinforcement to one’s deeds of expressing self,
And now in my twilight times of reflection, I can look back,
I can see and wonder about my circumstances,
Knowing that from within an inner strength of greater power to mine,
I have seen this overall picture unfold,
And the man I am today is not the one
Where confusion, hurt, and anger
And hunger was the mainstay of the day,
With wisdom, counselling, and advice infused into my soul,
I am a much better soul to peacefulness
And my epitaph chiselled shall read “blessed.”
Francis Cooper – Mac © 19-Mar-21
Copyright © Francis Cooper-Mckenzie | Year Posted 2021
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