My Final Goodbye


I spend my time in tempered thought,
Pondering over a life of rot,
The children I have and their lives,
My first and now second wives,
Did I do good to bring them here,
Into this world of doubt and fear,
Or did I mess up with reproduction,
In subjecting them to deceit and destruction,
And though I love them oh so much,
I wonder if I was out of touch,
With reality of my horrid life,
As I grew up in all this strife,
What have I done to my beloved kin,
Except make them experience the pain I am in,
A failure is what I am now,
A failure that wants out somehow,
I failed my mom and yes my dad,
I failed the children that I have had,
I failed them all as I know you can see,
I failed them all and I failed me,
But to those of you who still love me true,
You must now know I?ve failed you too,
Now I say to family and friends,
This is it ,this is the end,
Though it may make you blue,
I must say goodbye, goodbye to you??..

Keith B