The Winner

How I'd love to be a winner
Sometime in my life
Had discussion over dinner
Speaking with my wife

Thought it'd happen in my twenties
Rocking with my band
Take home pay was merely pennies
Didn't meet demand

Made my way upwards of thirty
Still had not won once
Thought success was merely fleeting
Was I such a dunce

Forty came, still not had found fame
Stuck behind a desk
Wishing I had made me a name
Somewhat more or less

Then the fifties, and my body
No longer in its prime
Surely I should not be shoddy
Sure it isn't time

Sixty came and it passed so fast
Didn't see it flee
Worrying how much time had amassed
What would be the key?

Now that seven-oh has struck me
Wondering where I go from here
Still have not read on that marquee
Named a winner in that year

But my dreams are always open
Happen any day I 'spose
I am still forever hoping
When it happens I will know

Other Comments
@coolparadiso - 2024-09-29 Myabe its not all about winning or maybe the wins are subtle - either the way hope the protagonist find peace - so many ways to count a win! interesting lyric indeed!

Roger D. Linder: FAWM 50-90-2024
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