I Tried Poem by Paul WilsonSuffield

You always look back through misted rims
Where movement isn’t hampered by twisted limbs.
Twenty twenty hindsight is they say
All troubles of time just fade away.

Remember when love first struck you down
You felt number one and donned the crown.
With a spring in your step and a glint in your eye
No room for weakness, no ill never die.

All make mistakes as they travel through life
All wish to be happy with husband or wife.
Seeds of hope, children grow from love
Do I deserve them, am I good enough?

I taught them how to walk, talk and run
I showed them the things that had to be done.
Do you show them the bad as well as the good?
Was I there for them as much as I should?

I would like to look back and think I was fair
Enough for my children to show that they care.
Care enough to be people with friends
To live happy lives healthy to the end.

I don’t want a medal or cheers from the crowd
Just the knowledge, that my children are proud.
Proud that someone guided them well
Enough for my name to others tell.

A story of life passed down the line
So others remember who went before them in time.
If there is nothing to follow once you have died
The worst they can say, is, at least you tried.