Days Of Wine And Roses Poem by Charles Hancock

Days Of Wine And Roses

Rating: 3.8


Back in the days of wine and roses
Photographs were perfect poses
Of a happy young couple grinning
We were at the top of the first inning

Children, orthodontist, mortgage, overdrawn,
Car payments, charge cards, and so on
Both of us had to work just to get by
It seemed like I was nothing more than a fall guy

Gawked in the mirror at the lines on my face
Concluded that I wanted out of the rat race
Came upon the seventh inning stretch
And I still felt like a dog playing fetch

Sick of the debt that we amassed
Had to make a transformation and make it fast
Learned to love the simple things in life
Everything else caused nothing but strife

Grandchildren are playing on the grass
Chasing a football after a errant pass
It's now the top of inning number nine
In spite of it all, life turned out just fine

Monday, September 8, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: life
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 26 July 2022

It must be a secret: 'Learned to love the simple things in life' and also to deal successfully with the not-so-simple things in life'. : ) bri

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Bri Edwards 23 May 2022

I''m waiting and hoping that MY life 'turns out fine'; I have my doubts. : ) bri

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Chinedu Dike 08 September 2014

My favourite line is Learned to love the simple things in life. lovely, thanks for sharing.

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Aftab Alam Khursheed 08 September 2014

Joy can't be measured...joy is joy it's heavenly

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