Dealing With Life Poem by Ray Hansell

Please give me room don’t crowd me
I need my own space
Just a little corner of the world
So my life I can retrace

I need the peace and quiet
So my mind can drift
So I can try to remember
That life is a precious gift

I know that in my early years
There was much I didn’t know
But it was my teenage years
When I began to grow

That’s when so much changed so fast
I thought I’d lose my way
Life at times was a blur
As time zipped through each day

The adult years came on quickly
Responsibilities became so many
Every time I turned around
Things to do were so plenty

I always felt as time went on
Life would get a little easy
But that’s like saying a hurricane’s wind
Are just a little breezy

The more I journey into adulthood
The more confused I became
I thought my life would be simple
Is there someone I can blame?

But I know no one’s to blame
It’s just the course of life
But I always wonder
Does everyone feel this strife?

So I’ll continue to struggle on
I’ll hold my hear up high
But I will not apologize
If now and then I must cry


11-15-05/RJH

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