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ivor or ivor.e hogg (7/4/1934 / Hebburn.Co Durham U.K)
A happy accident
A happy accident
Alone. Alone always alone
The warmth of love I’d never known.
Conceived upon a one night stand
and then abandoned out of hand.
Nobody ever wanted me.
It seemed I was condemned to be
unloved unwanted and alone
My heart grew cold and turned to stone.
I could not love, no one showed me
affection: I could not see
that to receive I had to give.
And so I lived in misery.
I grew up in an orphanage
until I had attained the age.
When they considered I should be.
Grown up enough to be set free.
Not their responsibility
and that is how I came to be.
A dweller in bed sitter land.
Nobody seemed to understand.
Just how lonely life can be
I knew that no one cared for me.
I thought that no one ever would
nor could I see why they should.
Until one day I found a friend
my loneliness was at an end.
She was an orphan just like me
and had endured the misery.
Of feeling that she was alone
unwanted too by anyone.
I needed her she needed me
We learned together we could be.
Good friends who earned each others trust
and very slowly to adjust.
Adopt a different point of view
and realise it was not true.
That we were not unlovable
and that we were quite capable
of giving and receiving love
A treasure which we rate above.
All of the trapping of success
To suffer no more loneliness
To love and be loved in return
A lesson that we had to learn.
Which banished all our misery.
Now we are married happily.
And have two children of our own
Deep love has from a friendship grown.
11-Oct-08
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Very well done, beautifully written and passionately felt
thanks for sharing
Michael
Bursting with beauty my friend. I always like a happy ending.
wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! what a story! very smart written...
;)
To love and be loved in return
A lesson that we had to learn.
Rachel Ann Butler
a very honest and smart poem...a close-related to reality..my gosh, ..i wish you all happiness thru out your life, , , hope ur wife, kids will be always fine...GOD will always watching from up above...i do hope u would be a good samaritan to everybody...i love u and ur family....naizz
sir igor, if it's about your own life, it's a greatly described autobiography.
Sir, the turning point of life with golden touches of your pen.
Love is by accident found,
Once have, it raps around.
All happiness in it bound,
It gives life meaning profound.
Thanks for sharing it.
CP
Sir, I think the poem is adorable, I feel it's the sweetest thing. I like the way you've managed to rhyme and how you've built it to the end. And also, I really find the opening line effective. The full stop after the Alone really places the word alone.
Good composition here Ivor, and the title too is well chosen. The flow of the piece takes the reader nicely into the very positive ending and the honesty of the whole draws the heart into the experience, whether personal or imaginative this is a well construed poetic piece. Thank you. best wishes from Fay.
I couldn't help remembering Oliver Twist while reading this, though here is no social element, just a sad private story told in a fine manner. Lovely composed with an optimistic end. (I found this piece by accident too, glad to read it) Best regards, onelia