Why did he do such an awful thing in Summer's golden prime <br />When the bottlebrushes are in bloom in the warm southern clime <br />His children constantly in tears his wife in an awful state <br />By dying young at his own choice such grief he did create. <br /> <br />He took for him the easy way out only the brave live on <br />When all hopes of happiness for them in life seems ever gone <br />For some 'tis easier to die than live when life gets really tough <br />But for others no matter how bad or hard things are they never say enough. <br /> <br />He could have embraced his gift of life but he choose differently <br />Of the unhappiness that engulfed him he did set himself free <br />'Twould seem he put himself before his wife and family <br />He tied a rope to a strong branch and swung out of a tree. <br /> <br />Such is life some well might say but words are easily said <br />And all of the tears that were ever shed could not bring back to life the dead <br />Of living life he opted out the guilt and grief and tears <br />He left to his grieving family who will mourn him for years.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-him-the-easy-way-out/
