Tired of Being Alone

Excitement chased me round the globe

throughout my younger days

It haunted my soul day and night

in search of worldly praise

 

Life led me quite an adventure

through passion and delight

Searching the bars and alleyways

for each new sound and sight

 

Many's the place I called home

but none were quite the truth

Realities found within the mind

of each and every youth

 

As time went on I moved about

sampling all the wares

Those that had burned unceasingly

in my heart as in theirs

 

Time passed as I settled down

to stop my roaming ways

Happy was I to take the bit

give up my nights for days

 

The weeks seemed to pass pointlessly

work stopped my urge to roam

Though by caring for someone else

I 'd found myself a home

 

As years went by I asked myself

what more is there to life

To that came the answer a child,

family and a wife

Tate was the first to teach me love

foretelling of things to be

What it meant to love another

more than I ever loved me

Author's Note

The day my son was born. I had the strangest sensation. At 35 years old I thought I had experienced everything, gone everywhere. I had scribed his name upon his foot in permanent marker. The nurse looked at me and scowled. I stared back and told her she ought not think of swapping my child for someone elses. What was troubling to me was a new sensation. How could it be at 35 I was just now experiencing this? Then like a thunderclap it hit me. This was to be the first time I understood the meaning of both life and love. I had finally arrived at the answer to all my questions. I loved another more than myself and and then knew why I was alive. You know few things I learned that still ring so true. A wife can leave you. A family can break up. But a son will never abandon his father. No one can take his love from you! I know that since he was born I have never been nor felt alone.

Reviews

[Muse]

Moms can relate to this too..
I sometimes ask...what's the point? Why am I here? Life's purpose..is to maybe put my selfish ways behind me...and learn to love another more than I love myself. It's a Christlike love I suppose. To put others before you...in hopes that it will all come back to you with good karma.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Another grating piece, the surounded mesh of emotion within your words always leaves the reader drained but satisfied, well done good read.

[Jeremy Baker]

A wonderful and loving reflection on the truly important things in life ... our family.

[Arielle Ann]

soft tender and sincere emotions overflow in your lines...maybe having a child is the happiest sensation...the moment you understand love is the moment you realize that love is unconditional and you love the other more than yourself...such a beautiful piece about a father and love for his son!

[Philip Smith]

Very touching Tate

[rosemary keogh]

amazing poem real easy and nice flow. Love it. :)

[Kenneth The Poet]

I love this. This is perfect stuff.

[Raven Starhawk]

You wrap your words up in beautiful little packages that appease this reader's mind and ultimately I am enticed to read word for word slowly as though it were a delicious flavor my tongue wants to marry. I have always been drawn to words that stir the mind and soul.

[Me]

Excellent poem

[Kes]

What a great poem. :)
A real heart-warmer!