All I Ever Poem by Danny Speicher

All I ever wanted was to love and be loved
To set a love story in motion in my life
To be a caring father and loving husband
To all my children and my compassionate wife

All I ever have refused to do or to be
Is a burden or a hindrance to those in my world
And I would do anything to make their lives great
Even when it left me hurt, in a corner, curled

All too often all that I wanted in this life
Has been abandoned by what I refused to be
Knowledge, all-too-well, of my own imperfections
I could not lie when my scars they started to see

But, Lord, here I am, still standing alone down here
Please find me someone whose heart, my scars, does not fear

((February 17th,2017))