»Reality of Life«
(by Larry Lenwell)
As I sit in this room of darkness, hiding from my past
I stop and look around me and think - my life has went so fast
It has been some 64 years ago I came into this life
And from the age of 21 have had wife after wife after wife
Drinking was my downfall, it happened from the start
I never really knew what happened as the pieces fell apart
The bars, the booze, the women of the night
The money made the money spent, to me it was alright
DUI's I had them, and now I cannot drive
For years and years I told myself, you're lucky to be alive
My family, friends and those I've loved have years ago disowned me
I ask myself and God above, why's my life been lonely
I've tried and tried, I really have but seemed to never make it
The years have passed and since gone by, I just keep taking hits
My goals in life I thought were good, but all were touched on slightly
The more I tried, the more I failed but I tried to hold to them tightly
I soon found out with passing time, the future looked so dreary
My success in life and all I thought, was only purely theory
The time has come and the time has passed,, for me to be forgiven
I've looked around and finally found, that the pain has been self driven
The end is near and it makes me sad, to know I never mattered
To waste a life, a precious life that has been all torn and tattered
I end this verse with these few words and say them oh sincerely
If you follow my path and do not change, you will find life ends so severely
I stop and look around me and think - my life has went so fast
It has been some 64 years ago I came into this life
And from the age of 21 have had wife after wife after wife
Drinking was my downfall, it happened from the start
I never really knew what happened as the pieces fell apart
The bars, the booze, the women of the night
The money made the money spent, to me it was alright
DUI's I had them, and now I cannot drive
For years and years I told myself, you're lucky to be alive
My family, friends and those I've loved have years ago disowned me
I ask myself and God above, why's my life been lonely
I've tried and tried, I really have but seemed to never make it
The years have passed and since gone by, I just keep taking hits
My goals in life I thought were good, but all were touched on slightly
The more I tried, the more I failed but I tried to hold to them tightly
I soon found out with passing time, the future looked so dreary
My success in life and all I thought, was only purely theory
The time has come and the time has passed,, for me to be forgiven
I've looked around and finally found, that the pain has been self driven
The end is near and it makes me sad, to know I never mattered
To waste a life, a precious life that has been all torn and tattered
I end this verse with these few words and say them oh sincerely
If you follow my path and do not change, you will find life ends so severely
written in August 2009 : submitted on August 27, 2009 : viewed 23 times
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Hettie Van Zyl: Larry you reach with the pen the hearts of so many .thanks
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