"Thoughts and Verses on Life, Love,
Relationships, Business,
and the Beach'"

Alone on an island

The couple who bond for a lifetime
and make it through to their diamond,
yet a sibling of one only makes it to china,
then is cast off alone on an island.

The husband who fights for the marriage,
yet still can't convince her to stay,
is abandoned and left on the island,
no loving partner to share the long days.

To be part of a pair for a lifetime
is success in the eyes of the pair,
whilst the man on the island, abandoned,
gains success through the wisdom he shares.

Too long in the midst of an ocean
full of whales and piranhas and sharks,
the man finds success and direction,
then encounters a face from the dark.

The wife who is faithful, yet damaged,
raised their children in spite of his ways,
her success comes from raising her children
and working so hard through the days.

The face from the dark is the lady,
though battered and hurt she still smiles,
her children, wanting her to be happy,
convinced her to try one last time.

So she calls to the man from the island,
and says "I think that we might make a pair.
It seems we're alike, both have suffered,
both lonely, with so much to share."

She too had been left on an island,
an emotional island, it's true,
with only her children for comfort
and nothing but work left to do.

And so they discuss their emotional islands,
and plan on combining the little they have,
to enrich themselves and restore faith in her children,
that you can, if you dream it, salvage good from the bad.

So simple is this story's moral,
if you're abandoned and left in a mess,
don't lie down and weep, or reflect on your laurels,
gird up your loins and embark on new travels,
Go forth... find your travelling companion,
to share comfort and love and success.

© Copyright 14 August 2007 Kenneth G Woolcock