THE WAY LIFE GOES
LIFE IS VERY STRANGE TO ME, IT SEEMS, THE WAY IT EBBS AND FLOWS. ITS UPS AND DOWNS, ITS IN-BETWEENS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
YOU GO TO SCHOOL FOREVER, IT APPEARS, YOU COME OUT, HOPEFULLY, WITH A DEGREE. YOU ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF, AND THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
THEN YOU WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE IN THE PROFESSION YOU HAVE CHOSEN. YOU MEET SOMEONE, FALL IN LOVE, AND THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
BUT THE LOVE YOU CHOSE IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT YOU HAD BEFORE MARRIAGE. HE HAS CHANGED, AND IS TO BLAME, YET, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
CHILDREN ARRIVE, AND YOU ARE SO BLESSED WITH THEIR LITTLE SMILES AND THEIR LEARNING. YOU LOVE THEM WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, YES, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
THEY START TO SCHOOL, OBEY THE GOLDEN RULE, FOR YOU HAVE TAUGHT THEM TO BE THAT WAY. THEN THEY GROW UP AND LEAVE FOR COLLEGE, AND THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE GROWN AND GONE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE FIND THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, GENERALLY, THEIR LOVE IS GONE FOR EACH OTHER, AND THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
IF THE HUSBAND DOES NOT HELP IN RAISING THE CHILDREN, THEY SHALL REMEMBER FOREVER THAT THEIR DADDY CARED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, SADLY, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
THEY ASK THEIR FATHER WHY HE NEVER HELPED IN THEIR RAISING, AND HE ALWAYS SAYS, THAT HE WAS TOO BUSY MAKING A LIVING. YES, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
THE MOTHER KNOWS ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS, SHE HIDES THEM IN HER HEART AND PONDERS WHY THINGS ARE AS THEY ARE, YET, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
IN THE END, MY FRIENDS, THE FATHER IS THE LOSER, FOR THE MOTHER KNOWS HOW THE CHILDREN FEEL, AND HOW HE HAS IGNORED HER TOO, ALAS, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY FEEL AS THEY DO, FOR HIS WORK WAS HIS LIFE. GUESS HE SHALL NEVER ACCEPT THAT HE WAS THE CAUSE OF STRIFE, AND LOSS OF THEIR LOVE, YET, THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES.
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