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AND SHES STILL HAPPY WITH HER LIFE



SHE WAITED THERE SO VERY PATIENTLY
SHE KNEW IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOON
SHE HAD NEVER DONE THIS EVER BEFORE
AND AFTER ALL THIS IT WAS HER HONEYMOON
SHE GRIT HER TEETH AND SMILED A BIT
AND THEN TIGHTENED MORE HER EYES
SHE HOPE THAT THIS WOULD NOT TAKE LONG
AS SHE THEN HEARD HIS LONGEST SIGHS
AND NOW AFTER TEN CHILDREN LATER ON
HOW SHE SOMETIMES STILL STOPS TO THINK
ABOUT THAT VERY FIRST EVER TIME IN HER LIFE
HOW SHE LOVED THEN THE WAY HE'D WINK
BUT SHE'S OH SO THANKFUL FOR HER CHILDREN
AND FOR HER LIFE BEING MUCH HER VERY OWN
AND NOW WHEN HE ONLY SOBARS UP LONG ENOUGH
HE'LL TELL HER HOW HIS LOVE FOR HER HAS GROWN
AND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF RAISING CHILDREN
THEY'ER ALL SO LOVELY SOULS THEY ARE IT'S TRUE
SHE NOW HAS BEEN HAPPILY MARRIED TO HIM
FOR ALL THESE YEARS ADDING ALMOST SIXTY TWO
IT SEEMS OVER ALL HIS TIME HE HAS NEVER CHANGED
AND STILL YET HOW SHE OFTEN STOPS TO THINK
AS FOR ALMOST ALL THE ENTIRE TIME IN LIFE
HE WAS SIMPLY EVER SO STILL SO FULL OF DRINK
BUT SHE SAYS HER LIFE IT HAS BEEN SO PEACEFUL
AND SHE DOES HAVE A LOVELY FAMILY AND A HOME
AND SHE NEVER HAS TO ASK HIM FOR ANYTHING
AS IF SHE DOES ALL HE WILL EVER DO IS GROAN
NOW THOUGH THIS WELL MAY BE DOUBTED
THIS STORY OF HER OH IT IS SO EVER TRUE
AND SHE IS THE LOVELIEST MOTHER AND WIFE
HAPPY WITHIN HERSELF AND LIFE THROUGH AND THROUGH
SHE SAYS SHE NEVER WANTED FOR ANYTHING AT ALL
THAT SHE WORKED THE WHOLE TIME HONEYMOON UP
AND NOW WHEN EVER HE DOES SOBAR UP AT ALL
HER LOVING ANSWER IS OF NOW SIMPLY ALWAYS ,, NUP.

Terrence Michael Sutton
copyright 2011








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