My Trail Of Tears!
I began this life as an ordinary child;
complete with ordinary fears;
the beauty of love; had me beguiled;
then came my trail of tears.
I was very short; when I was young;
my thoughts; often contrary;
I had visions; of what I’d become;
thinking I was extraordinary.
Instead; I was life’s plain wrapper;
neither too handsome nor suave;
flypaper; for other people’s flatter;
occasionally, considered odd.
In many ways; I was very independent;
debate; became my forte;
many of my thoughts were transcendent;
about a coming new day.
I became married; in my early years;
blessed by a wife, and two sons;
after a decade; came my worst fears;
divorced; my marriage; done.
In many ways, my life seemed finished;
as my pride seemed to evaporate;
my ego destroyed; or greatly diminished;
pain was my way to communicate.
I found a new love to enrich my life;
her wisdom; beyond her years;
but, God took home; my precious wife;
then came my trail of tears.
Monty 5.31.26 # 3,339