Forgive Me
A Common Road
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Forgive Me
I was just thinking a thought within my mind,
One that wasn’t mean or envious or unkind.
It was a reminder that time moves everyone forward,
Whether words on paper or spoken it moves onward.
It’s not that I mind this motion this advance,
From innocent days to hands trembling perchance.
I beg you forgive me if my fingers twisted and knobby,
And blood around my eyelids giving an illusion of sobbing.
It’s not my intention to look as I do,
As though my body is about to come unglued.
With skin as taunt as if a tanner at work,
It makes me appear as damaged aging artwork.
Forgive me if I shuffle my feet as I lumber along
Towards my destination humming an old song.
It’s my memories that I carry within you see,
Those times of yore when I was young and free.
Forgive me if I stand too long at a vacant mirror,
As the stranger looking back unable to see clearer.
It’s a person, one that’s not familiar to me,
Squinting his eyes to recognize who I might be.
Forgive me if my clothes aren’t anymore,
As when in my youth when they were often adored.
It’s now a time to covet what’s important most,
And let things go that leave little about to boast.
Forgive me if my words seem a bit slurred,
I’m reminded by some that it has occurred.
But it’s not for the lack of trying I falter,
But now bent and trembling, these I can’t alter.
So if you see me along the road of life,
Don’t make remarks that some consider not nice.
For this road that I travel, these last few miles,
I for one could use a helping hand, perhaps a few smiles.
About the Creator
Dan R Fowler
Dan R. Fowler. 71, writing is more than a hobby, it's a place for me to become anyone I choose to be, visit mystical scenes, or swim deep within my brain. e-book paperback, or audible. type dan r fowler on the search line. Amazon
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