Hard Travelin Life Blues

Hard Travelin Life Blues

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In my visions 

Somethings 

Going down

Think it's time

To get out 

Of town

Climbed to the peak

Looked out to sea

Reflected on the fate

Of myself 

Humanity

I'm heading out 

Alone in the night

Got no destination

Made mistakes

Nothing will

Make right

Something in my

Heart 

Lost

Where had 

It gone wrong 

Tried to sing

But I forgot

My song

Never dreamed

Life would 

Be this way

Alone in 

Streets

Dreaming of

Yesterday

For many 

Years

Felt it was 

Fate

Tried to 

Connect

But I

Could 

Not 

Relate

People act 

One way

Who can 

We trust

Other's do 

Things but

Not what 

They

Promised

I stay in my house 

The curtains 

Are drawn

A sign outside 

Reads

Stay off the lawn 

No Family

No home

Friends gone 

Walking

Through 

Life

All 

Alone

Wish I was honest

Wish I was free

To survive childhood

Changed in ways

That no longer

Serve me

Long long ago

My heart was torn 

Have felt lost

Since the day

I was

Born

I'm insecure

Bout what 

Happened to me

I'm not the man

I wish to be

My trust in life

Hurt as a child

Heart

Broken

To survive

In life

I

Went 

Wild

My youth passed

Sure went by fast

Didn't think about 

How nothing

Lasts

I'm old now

What can I do

My body 

Don't work

Like it used to do

Traveling 

Through life

Lost trust 

In others

Nearly 

Gave up on

My sisters 

Brothers

During day 

Walk the 

Streets

People 

Act odd

When our 

Paths cross 

And meet

Some people 

Talk about me

If they had 

Their way

I’d be cast

Out at sea

Today

Let others 

Speak lies

Myself I will be

I am not 

Afraid

To be 

Me

Walking down 

The highway 

Lost in mind

Couldn't pay 

The mortgage

Got too far

Behind

I had a 

House 

A wife 

Children too

They left me

In the night

Now I sing

The blues 

Thought 

Bout a girl

Who was 

Loving 

Kind

Till she said 

It had to end

And blew up

My mind

I set out in life

Traveled 

Far and wide 

I discovered 

My wounded

Spirit 

Inside

Nearly

Died

Stand or fall

Don’t underestimate 

Your foe

Winner takes all

Don’t trust others

Wherever you go

My stories 

Not over

It's not 

The end

Can you spare 

Money for 

A brother

I'm hungry

Don't have 

A dollar 

To spend

Looking out 

On this dying city

I feel the pain

Of living but 

Don't look 

Down on

Me with 

Pity

What happened to me

Can happen to you

This world's a lie

Nothing but love is 

True

One day

We can 

Have it all

Feel life 

Good 

Then the rugs

Pulled out

We

Take 

A fall

Looking for love 

At last I searched 

Inside 

I discovered a

Love that 

Never

Dies 

We all live

The story of Job

In our own way

No matter how great

Our Suffering

Trust and have faith

My children

The dark times

Soon will

Pass

Away

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David Penn Arndt 2022

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Artwork - William Blake - Job rebuked by his 

friends.