Let it Ride

by Bill Turner   Mar 10, 2006


Sitting at the final table playing the hand of my life
Judgment day the same as I have lived
Peeking at my cards I let it all ride one last time
Before the turn of the card revealing my fate
I picked up the calendar checking the date

Wide awake, saved by the alarm clock bell
I do not want to know when my time will pass
We all have an expiration date...I just do not need to know
Comforting to know that I died as I live, letting it ride
Somehow that bit of information fills my chest with pride

If I could live my life over again, nothing would I change
Mistakes have been my way of life, learning along the way
All I have done, things I have seen, shaping me
I will live my life as I always have, full throttle
Sometimes wobbly, as I look through an empty bottle

Those of you that have been hurt along the way
I tried to warn you about the wreckage in my life
No games did I play, wearing my heart on my sleeve
Being played the fool several times, hardening my heart
At my ripe old age making a new and glorious start

What a wonderful adventure my life has been
My friends come write a stanza or two with me
Laughing and crying as we tell our tales
I am saving the best for a wonderful lady
Waiting for me as my life got dark and shady

Blessed am I that she waited for us
The greatest lines are left for she and I
Writing the poem of our life as we love
Head on her shoulder, hand in mine, love in our eyes
Finding each other again after all this time no surprise

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  • 18 years ago

    by shellyspraytech

    Wow... excellent !!! i know these feelings

  • 18 years ago

    by Melissa

    Bill, "Sea of Friendship (A Collab)"! Wow, that was the best friendship poem I have ever read. You guys did a wonderful job creating this beautiful poem! So sweet and heartfelt, only true friends can write something like this, simply perfect!

  • 18 years ago

    by Laura

    Oh I really liked this one. It really made me take a look at my own life and really think. Someof your versus could even describe me.

    If I could live my life over again, nothing would I change
    Mistakes have been my way of life, learning along the way
    All I have done, things I have seen, shaping me
    I will live my life as I always have, full throttle
    Sometimes wobbly, as I look through an empty bottle

    Those lines were my absolute favorite and I feel the same way. At times when we are facing difficult challenges or periods in our lives we wish we could change them but looking back I realize that I would not want to change anything for all in the past has made me who I am today. 5/5 Another awesome read from your list of poems!

  • 18 years ago

    by Chris Harding

    This is another excellent piece of work, well done mate :) A really positive view of time and the passage of life there, I really like it, keep the up the good work!

  • 18 years ago

    by Ann Stareyes

    Well Bill another Masterpiece. Such a heartfelt and beautiful piece. Your talent is awesome....

    Love ya, Ann

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