The ash tray holds the ashes <br />From his smoked out cigarettes <br />With each new passing day <br />He's filled with more regrets <br /> <br />It seems life and chances <br />Have all but passed him by <br />He struggles just to exist <br />But he's not too sure why <br /> <br />His life has been a failure <br />By any standard that you use <br />It seems the choices that he made <br />Were always the wrong one's to choose <br /> <br />But still he always tried <br />To do what was right <br />He sleeps away the days <br />He stay awake all night <br /> <br />Drinking eases the pain <br />Of a life that went all wrong <br />He tried so very hard <br />But he's just not that strong <br /> <br />Years ago his wife left him <br />She couldn't take no more <br />One day when he returned home <br />He found a note upon door <br /> <br />She wrote, I am leaving <br />I just can't live this way <br />I hope you find it in your heart <br />To forgive me one day <br /> <br />Our children need a stable life <br />Not like the one we've been living <br />It seems you do all the taking <br />While I do all the giving <br /> <br />I never minded making you happy <br />That was my part to do as your wife <br />But I know out there somewhere <br />For me and the kids, there's a better life <br /> <br />So that is why we have to leave <br />I wish you nothing but the best <br />I'll think of you when I look at the kids <br />Goodbye, and God Bless <br /> <br />Well that was twenty years ago <br />That's how long he's been alone <br />His body is old and feeling tired <br />He's waiting to be called home <br /> <br /> <br />10-21-2008/RJH<br /><br />Ray Hansell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-disappointed-life/
