some play it safe and others take a chance
some work too hard and end up with backache
some attract trouble and cause me heartbreak
some make too much money and wind up lazy
their kids become indolent and drive others crazy
some try sex and drugs or music that rolls or rocks
others find religion or do things with books or socks
some watch their watches and it makes them hurry
some wait and ponder and fret and worry
some smoke too much they could die of cancer
others find that cocaine isn't the answer
some carry chips that bruise their shoulder
others find too many birthdays make them older
some never fade away while others crash and burn
some make the world go round, others watch it turn
some travel far and wide and never get lost
others stay home , never count their blessings ... just the cost
some boys become men with an obsession for girls
many of them oysters, few become pearls
most mothers see their sons as capable of giving life a burl
I've got it from the highest authority, my Mother (of pearl)
2 comments:
From Mother Pearl; I really enjoyed oysters and pearls and didn't think it was abalone.
Bernie - Another classic. I love this new style of yours. this is similar to "Me". I like the questioning and searching mood of both. Nothing is definitive. They are both a slice of life, without trying to solve it's mystery. It's a timeless piece like "blowing in the wind." Well done.
Do you feel the same way about this as I do. Some poems are like gems plucked from the ether. They have a universal truth to 'em, and you feel really proud to have written them. Or am I just raving.
"Unlucky" is surely a cynic even though I like his/her pun on "abalone"
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