Why Me?

Scout and I 

What have I learned in my trials so far

I think all I need know for now

Been broken, tattered and forlorn

then beaten and made to bow

 

With time our life so gives

then alongside it must take

Carving character as it goes

a better man of us will it make

 

As I no longer ask the question

God traded me wisdom for truth

Teaching me the meaning of life

in exchange he took my youth

 

Author's Note

Reflections on the inner self

Reviews

[David Lewis Paget]

But would we go back, Tate? It's nice to think that a second crack at youth would be nice, but not if we had to forgo the lessons we've learned on the journey. You have the gift of making the reader stop and consider your poems in the light of their own lives, and this makes them truly worthwhile.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Dave my theory on this is that though they are my experiences and thoughts the music and the melody of the piece seems to access the part of the brain that allows us to recall lost words to an old melody. For that reason even though they are mine they are everyone's as well . So that no matter that they are my emotions that created them they release others emotions as well.Just as a smell of cookies reminds us of grandmas house so do the melodies of these pieces release the memories of the reader concerning similar events.

[Pryde Foltz]

As I no longer ask the question
God traded me wisdom for truth
Teaching me the meaning of life
in exchange he took my youth


This piece has a remarkable rhythm and flow, really beautiful. And this last line stanza is so great. I am glad we are friends.

[Tate Morgan]

Well thank you I was thinking the same

[OBWhiteHawk]

I totally related to your words and feelings here, great last line that sums it all up.

[TrimarcoRansome]

Youth is wasted on the young, and wisdom is not for youth...It is natures way...Lovely write, Tate

[Horizons]

You started a life from the first stanza and just ended with your powerful words by writing the last stanza. Too many ways're here to see and to understand this poem. Journey of life, walking along the life, moving on the path of life, how we life or pass our time throughout the life ! Like too many questions come in my mind. The concept of writing the poem seemed good. I liked the poem.

[Stella Armour]

life is a journey, and along the roads we take there are obstacles, we grow by facing them and overcoming them sometimes only to find that we fall time after time... but as long as we keep getting up we get further along on our journey to find each time we gained new strength to reach the ultimate goal ... when we get there we realize it was the journey (through life) that was important and the goal.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Stella I have my granddaughter today we are going swimming

[Stella Armour]

lol... two of mine have just gone home after bringing me an orchid....Have fun..:o)

[Tate Morgan]

will do its hot today Cant stay inside

[Stella Armour]

it is cooler here now....enjoy yourselves....:o)

[Tate Morgan]

will do I am getting sooo old lol

[Stella Armour]

haha....wait 'til you catch me up....

[Tate Morgan]

Yeah well I feel it today i do not keep up with the little "devil "Uh Angel i mean lol

[Stella Armour]

hahaha...i presume from that she has learned to run rings round you..the little "angel"

[Tate Morgan]

"Come on Papa what the matter wit you "Less Go !!Run

[Tate Morgan]

Come on Papa less run what ta matta wit you?

[Stella Armour]

well off you go then with she who must be obeyed...lolol
i think this is the best age with grandchildren... i really do....they are so uninhibited..haha

[Tate Morgan]

Oh yeah she sees me as just another heart to toy with lol

[Stella Armour]

she has already realized that your heart belongs to her....and you know it does lol

[Tate Morgan]

Oh yeah she runs to me whenever someone uses the dreaded no word lol

[Stella Armour]

Tate...that is what grandparents are for...it's bit like a marriage vow being a grandparent, from the first time you look into that tiny little face you are saying "i promise to love, spoil and cherish you for ever, no matter what your parents say.."

[Tate Morgan]

Oh yeah I fill her with candy, chocolate, pop, bubble gum, laughter and smiles then i take her home lol

[Stella Armour]

well that's great, don't know about the bubble gum, but the laughter and smiles sound good to me...

[Tate Morgan]

we went swimming till she got fussy and we came home it is lunch time now

[Stella Armour]

it's 8-30m in the evening for me, am watching a serial about life in a mill and workhouse in Victorian England,about a young girl selling herself to stay alive....very sad and cruel but that is how it was...

[Ambereen]

very wise and true too .... An amazing write ... Thnx for this one

[joshua deathdealer]

The last two lines of this poem is phenomenal. An incredible piece for sure. I really like the song as well. Excellent work.

[Distant horizons]

Exceptional words sir. A sight i hope one day to find i truly understand for myself. Superb write,

[anne p. murray- LadeeAn..]

Hopefully.... trading youth for wisdom is a lesson well learned, a lesson I wish I could have learned when I was young. But that's what life is all about isn't it...Learning?

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ha isnt' that the truth..by the time your have gained enough wisdom...your to old to do anything with it!!!! Brilliant