My Life

My very first poem Written at the age of 47

On mornings hence I'll forget

to forgive this callous blow

That left me broken on the field

where angels hearts don't go

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As to the scar left there upon

I'll hide it best I can

For fear they might see my pain

and think me not a man

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When in future I'll be asked

to say this was my fault

Why open this tender heart within

to the unending pain of assault

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As future bears witness of

my life and deeds inscribe

Descendants will think me as kind

for the life I try to describe

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In life I took much less than gave

I walked the good heart line

Carried the hopes of the small

held theirs as they held mine

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But to God, I say through it all

I was true to his design

Gave my heart in earnest love

for a life, sweet, gentle and divine

 

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Author's Note

What can be said of the broken heart that hasn't touched most? I was much too old to be having my first and only heart break. It struck me like a thunderclap . Knocked the wind from me and set me off my heels. I was a long time injured. And to a depth yet unknown to me. This is the first poem I ever wrote! Written at the age of 47, 2008. Luckily I went on survived to love and marry again!

Reviews

[Seashell]

Tate....so moving, so sweet to listen to the heart of a real man. Sorry about the broken heart, there is but nothing more painful. Even although we know they mend, it's the damage in between the healing process.
You tell us of your excruciating experience, a place where no man wants to ever visit with his heart, yet you are able to complete such a magnificent poem in doing so.
Thanks for share
Babs x

[Einstein Noodle]

i am on your page Tate ... and listening to the song .. and crying like a baby ... now I wring the rag i cry into .. to the hilt and read your poem :(((( ..weren't you the lucky man to have had 47 yrs before the wounding .. love and peace bro!
E.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you yes i was lucky However at the time i would never have believed that. i was hospitalized for 11 days over this as i had lost all semblance of reality and had lost so much weight that they feared for my life. I didnt think upon entering that i would ever walk out on my own. Thank you But this poem the first i ever wrote is the genesis for all the ones that then came after It. I refused to die and i refused to let the pain take my humanity.

[Einstein Noodle]

i have knowledge of the trauma ... some kind of insanity that is not on the books .. and look at the books and heart you have given in the following years .. God bless! .. really
:)

[Tate Morgan]

thank you It was the hardest time of my life i went on to fall in love 3 times marry once more and am happy

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ........... so happy ... so much to gain from the pain eh!? love you man!

[Tate Morgan]

yeah it is nt something we choose but it doesnt discriminate when it arrives upon our doorstep

[R Smith]

a very touching poem Tate, I too remember the loss of that first love although i was a lot younger at the time its a pain that never leaves and i still look back even today and wish for a different ending, your work is the ultimate in inspiring, i could read on and on if you wrote the words, thanks Tate :)

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Richard you know looking back now i wonder how i could have ever been in love with this woman lol Isnt that how it always is. i went on to fall in love 3 times again and remarry happily

[R Smith]

good to hear Tate, i know that feeling of wondering what the hell was i thinking back then lol, done that more than once :)

[Tate Morgan]

I decided long ago that my works would mirror my life and times and would teach the lessons learned as well as look for the hope atop the distant shinning hill that is always the best angels of our nature

[Tomás Ó C..]

Sometimes, we have to break apart to find what is hidden within. Love the poem, pity about the pain that inspired it...

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Thomas However it was this event that 8 yrs ago led me to start writing and so at 47 i wrote this my first poem of many. It has allowed me to reach out and leave something to my decendants

[Tomás Ó Cárthaigh]

I find it a great way to record family stories... some of the verses are here... http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/tag/north-longford/

[Tate Morgan]

that i want to read

[Helen Crutchett]

Two reviews from me I see Tate.....4 years ago. Its about time I reviewed again!

"On mornings hence I'll forget
to forgive this callous blow
That left me broken on the field
where angels hearts don't go"

Says it all....can relate to this. Wonderful writing as usual Poet! ;)

[Tate Morgan]

helena you chose the first poem i ever wrote written august 2009 thank you But I have improved since then considerably

[Helen Crutchett]

"Practice makes perfect"......but you were pretty perfect back then in my book! LOL. :)

[Tate Morgan]

hahaha thank you I am humbled

[melissa]

This a great poem tate i enjoy reading them

[Tate Morgan]

Well now i enjoy having you read them thank you

[Eddie Phillips]

It was the first of many very heartfelt poems. Your gift was evident in this poem. It is born from heartbreak but it has purpose and power because of it. Loved every line of it Tate.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Eddie It sure was the first of the pains top come and the worst

[Listmaker]

An amazing first. Good things come of bad. We readers benefit from the oh so painful breakup of your marriage because it drove you to write -- something you do beautifully. So happy for you that you were able to come out of the pain into the light again.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I went on to fall in love twice more and marry .I have never been happier .There is light at the end of the tunnel

[Listmaker]

Good for you. Good nite.

[Tate Morgan]

thanks goodnight

[Purplerose]

This is crushing. Have mercy how the your heart wrote the pian here. I luv how the ending had a soothing touch. Really felt your emotion and pain here. Well done!! Enjoyed! :)

[Coyote Poetry]

A amazing poem my friend. Good music and good logic in your words. We can do what we can. Thank you for the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Tate Morgan]

coyote thank you this was the first i ever did