Rags to Riches and Back

my philosophy

Rags to Riches and Back

I was born, on a hot summers July day

lived in the midwest, summers were always hot

came here with nothing in my pockets

but a pair of frightened parents is what I got

I don't remember, but I suppose my first

feeling or thought or sound was not a laugh

so I 'm going to guess, those thoughts can be

just like being in the desert, with a constant thirst

fear is always a part of our lives, even though

we put on happy faces, and we hope to grow

not just physically but inside, maybe even more

somewhere hiding, then comes the knock on the door

but most of us make it, some even to the top

true loves true friends and some that got away

and then we buy a lot of the things, hard to stop

things that shine, catch our eye, then we gotta pay

that's the crapper huh, the show is only what you make

sure you're going to screw up, make a silly a*s mistake

but hopefully, you have saved enough of that love

to tell the ones that count and the force above

if you can do that, it doesn't really make it rags

you can pull some out, at the time it's badly needed

guess the title then should be something new

not rags to riches and back , I hope this is true

Gomer LePoet...

Reviews

[ettorney]

Gomer, this poem is a rambling, dementia inspired, written in a moment of clarity, dramatic statement on a life well lived. I love it.

The dirth of punctuation, while initially irksome, actually adds to the value of the message I read in it. That life is one long ramble endlessly transitioning from one event to another while, "pulling some out, at the time it's badly needed"

One correction. Summers in line two (hot Summers July Day) is possessive and needs a '.

nice write.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Reality penned so incredibly well. Bravo!

[Rossen]

Clean as a whistle, smart and eloquent.
Enjoyed reading your solid and true blue philosophy.
Nice n soft rhyme scheme just enough to smoothly hit all
the write spots!
Rossen

[?]

WEll I guess this is a good philosophy.

that's the crapper huh, the show is only what you make
sure you're going to screw up, make a silly a*s mistake
but hopefully, you have saved enough of that love
to tell the ones that count and the force above

Like the above stanza, yes we all screw up and make mistakes, no body here on earth is perfect. Thats where love and forgiveness comes into play. Now if you dont have that, then your just screwed, lol


Good thoughts here Gomer.