Single - Like Brahms Poem by Joyce Hemsley

Never downhearted am I
although living alone;
this is how I wish to be
'single' like Brahms ~
a bachelor was he.
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Not long ago I was married
my days were beautiful then;
year upon year of happiness
shared with my own dear Ken.

After he died, I had to decide
which way I would go in my life,
of this I was sure - closing the door
I cared not to be a wife any more.

Poetry is now an obsession of mine,
I have the vocab and I have the time.
Thousands of poems I've written to date;
my name is already engraved on a plate!

So never feel any sorrow for me...
I am happy penning my poetry, and
just like Brahms who had so much to give
I will try to continue as long as I live.