Lessons Of Life
Have you thought of the first love of your life?
In the winter years of my life the memories are slight.
Very few of the memories still linger.
They are like sifting sand sliding through my fingers.
The memory of the love remains.
The emotions were strong. the pain tore me apart.
It cut like a knife and ripped apart my heart.
A quick fling in paradise that has now faded away.
Those strong emotions are all that stay.
Is it time that has faded the memory?
Maybe it is a mental defense against the enemy.
The enemy being past mental scarring.
So severe, if left raw, could be a barring.
Barring you from ever having a normal life.
Always being afraid of mental stress & strife.
Those raw, strong emotions of my teenage time
have now mellowed like a rich fine wine.
I have a relationship with my wife
that is much better due to that early strife.
Relationships have a deeper meaning now.
A more loving, caring meaning somehow.
Life is a learning lesson from the womb to the grave.
Your brain & heart knows what to forget & what to save.
If you’re willing to learn from the lessons of life.
You will have a much better relationship with your wife.
——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2014)