A Tiger By The Tail Poem by cheryl davis miller

Had the world in his pocket.
A tiger by the tail.
Believed he had the Midas Touch.
In life he could not fail.

Had the best of educations.
Honed manners precisely.
Climbing both the business ladder,
and high society.

Married a debutant beauty,
had a child or two.
Sought political office and
he almost won it too.

Life will at times even the score
seems it did in his case.
Thinking he had the race sewed up
it blew up in his face.

Seems a mistress and a child
both hidden on the side.
With no thoughts for his children or
the heart-ache of his bride.

Who died a short time after she
divorced his sorry hide.
Revealing his true colors of
a black heart bonafide.

Had the world in his pocket.
A tiger by the tail.
Believed he had the Midas Touch.
In life he could not fail.