The Three Tenors Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

"The three tenors, "


couldn`t resist their beautiful voices.
I was going to find "I believe in angels" by Abba
but first the famous tenors.
Wife woke up told me to turn it off she could sleep.
I remembered Lorenzo Marcus 1964 I was on a ship
unloading cargo destiny life has three stages, I was young once
it didn`t last so long, and the downturned came
in my middle thirties, I sank into a gloom which
now is called depression, everything terrible happened
in quick succession divorce, booze and loose women.
I sought company with people who were my inferiors
and they took advantage of my need to be liked.
It took a long time to get out of this fog I never got the help
I needed all I heard was "pull yourself together."
But dawn came into my life I went to live in Portugal
I discovered the joy of writing and the pleasure of silence.
I have lived a wonderful life for thirty years and let
go of my ego, to enjoy the day I have the freedom to do nothing
And feel good about it. Today I have been listening to music
on youtube until the strange cat that lives on the terrace
protested; well" the three tenors" sing loudly.
There is much poverty among the old also in Portugal should
I feel guilty because my life is good? No, I will not have slept
on a park bench I have been through the mill, and it was luck
that got me out of it, so I go on living as long as it lasts