Where Did It Go? Poem by Rusty Ed Gibson

It all goes by so fast
as some of you probably know
Take a minute and look around
and you’ll wonder - where did it go?

I looked back at what I have lost
and its probably more than I've gained
That’s when I first knew
I am close to the end of this game

Some days I still feel real young
and think I can do anything
Then I try to stand up
and I remember about my knees

The knees that I had sacrificed
in a high school football game
How that game forgot me
and left me kinda lame

I think back about that girl
that first stole my heart
How I thought we would never
ever really be apart

How she married someone else
and gave that man a child
How I helped him get a job
and did it with a smile

I moved on and loved again
or so I really thought
After two kids and a dog
she decided she was not

Then I spent about 15 years
driving back and forth
Trying to see my kids each week
and giving their mom support

I tried my luck one more time
but it was doomed from the start
From all of the pain that I endured
another daughter to hold my heart

Here I am at the End
not where I wanted to be
Leaving behind three wonderful kids
that I know all Loved Me!