Dob - Rip (Life) Poem by Gordon David

My teachers at school didn’t prepare me for this life

Mum and dad were only doing their best for me

The Catholic priest that taught me sex education

The runaway girls who disappeared with my Cherry

My older brothers only out for themselves

I only told the “Shrink” what he wanted to hear

So unprepared for love, the first time around

Sorry little Annie, but I never really loved you

Eileen you broke my heart while on the rebound

Drink and drugs were not very good friends

Working hard to earn a few pounds, helped hide the pain

Love knocked on my door, caught Her on the rebound

Walking hand in hand to see the perfect sun-rise

Left my friends and family for the final time

Love had enveloped me, as I dropped to one knee

The answer was what I longed for it to be

Happy, smiling faces as we both said “I DO”

A baby boy that showed we were so much in love

Hard times we had, yet we struggled through

A baby girl, so beautiful, she took my breath away

Life got harder for me, couldn’t face responsibility

No more running away, I’m a husband and father now

Ill health cut me down, the end product of my youth?

I look at life from a lonely first floor window now

There are no bars, but this is still my prison cell

You’re The Warden, The Governor, The Guard with the keys

If you set me free, I would have nowhere to go

A love-less house, where once stood a happy home

Use the key and open your heart, then you’ll see

There will always be a little bit of me there

Do I love you? I honestly no longer know

The Un-requited glass of love is empty now………….