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Tried To Live Right

Tried To Live Right

If this is a dream wake me up now
but I know it isn't, it's just my life
if it was a movie I would edit some scenes out
it would be a PG instead of an R rated life
if I'd lived right
some would call me a cheat
say that I have been so terribly weak
yes I have messed up plenty
but I am constantly seeking redemption
and I have tried to live right


I have no regrets, no guilt in my heart
I only feel sadness for any pain that I have caused
I have chosen to pick my battles
for you can't win them all
I have only the Good Book
I have stopped caring what is thought by others
they can't save my soul
or help me into Heaven
if this day is all that is promised to me
than it's up to me to be all I can be
if there is one thing I know.... I know I will die
if anyone cares some stranger my critique my life
I may be revered or slandered but it will no longer matter
I have tried to live right
and with that knowledge
in my grave I shall surely smile


and just maybe at my funeral
there would be Psalms sung by a choir
Amazing Grace soon to follow
I will be home in the skies
with no Earthly desires
if only I continue to live right
or die trying.....


2005@ Copyright by Megan Bishop






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