as good as it gets

Kevin Michael Bloor

I've lost my youth, but kept my health,
got lovely wife; I’d call that wealth!
My mind's still sharp, rarely forgets;
this is as good-good as it gets.

I'm carefree still, just like a child,
bewitched by beauty and beguiled.
My sorrow sank with sun that sets;
this is as good – good as it gets.

I’ve lived to see the love I lost
(same one my mother called star-cross’d)
return, against all odds and bets;
this is as good-good as it gets

I've found the faith I lost with youth,
that plain and simple gospel truth.
Same faith that saves from fears and frets;
this is as good-good as it gets

I’m home at last, to roam no more,
like Ulysses from Trojan War.
I live the dream; I’ve no regrets;
this is as good – good as it gets.

I’ve seen my foes curl up and die;
they're buried ‘neath a darkling sky.
They’ve turned to dust, like all their threats;
this is as good – good as it gets.

I pen my lines in metered verse
(to prose though, I am not averse)
prefer though beautiful Vignettes;
this is as good – good as it gets

I rise and one more bone may ache.
I sleep in fits and starts and wake,
but tears of joy my pillow wets;
this is as good – good as it gets.

I’ll pass away; my time will come,
at sounding of my death knell’s drum.
I’ve kept the faith; I’ve paid my debts;
this is as good – good as it gets.

I’ll fade from my love’s memory.
Perhaps my paltry poetry
will conjure me when she forgets;
this is as good – good as it gets.

  • Author: Blue-eyed Bolla (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 1st, 2022 08:48
  • Comment from author about the poem: this poem's long - I've no regrets. This is as good - good as it gets!
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 20
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  • verona

    really liked the form of this. particularly liked the opening couplet and closing one too.

  • tallisman

    I echo veronas comments, Greg poem, as Google as it gets!



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