Gold
at his breast a tarnished fake
trinket that he shared
with a genuine woman
a fair girl who didn't
want much save his
love and his smile
and his honesty but life deserts
hope deferred until without
home hearth or health he
fades from this world
in a wisp
of dusty painted
gold


seriously mugs, that makes me really sad
not to mention his likeness to his trinket...
Good work. It makes me say to myself...Lord, don't let me
become that man (Comment this)