For a while I had my “Camelot, ” <br />Seventeen happy years with Peggy, <br />Who shared my disability and <br />Shared her Love, glorious Love with me. <br /> <br />She passed away as I held her hand, <br />She was taken by deadly cancer <br />And when it struck, we did all we could, <br />But our prayers all went unanswered <br /> <br />My constant companions had become <br />Depression, Despondence and Despair. <br />I wrote Going Without Peggy then, <br />But I always knew that Life’s not fair. <br /> <br />So that was how it came about, <br />My writing was my salvation, <br />For when I had to work through my moods <br />I arrived at the realization <br /> <br />That She’d not want me to be so sad <br />Or for me to fall upon my sword... <br />Happy for the Happiness I gave her, <br />Now my life is free to move forward. <br /> <br />It’s taken time, nearly six years by now, <br />I’ve wed a lovely Russian lady <br />And I can say that I now have sweet love <br />Again in the year Two Thousand Three!<br /><br />Karl Stuart Kline<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/1-8-the-best-of-2003-written-by-request-for-the-ilp-book-of-the-same-name/
