-- Everything I Ever Wanted --

by John Herlihy

My life is everything that I have ever wanted,

Still a moody indulgence of thoughts taunted.

Measured growth in a career with nothing amiss,

Blush of an enduring love, now gone that I miss.

Never wanted fame, but accomplishment feels right,

Fulfillment in what I’ve done offers me no slight.

Love that forever lasts with the loved one now gone,

The song, once a duet, now sung alone in the dawn.

Wherever life may lead us, there we must finally go,

The tapestry on the walls of my life I myself did sew.

Yet no person can claim they truly have everything,

Any more than imagining we can live truly as a king.

Happy the day we can be happy even with nothing,

Then we will not need to boast of having everything.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 27 October 2024