Where I am From -- David L.'s Challenge (Revised)

I thank David for his honest and concise critique of the original poem which still can be found just follow this link Where I am From -- David L.'s Challenge

I took all of his suggestions except one as I did not change the following two lines

My life has been touched by many the soul

And often my jobs were to heal or console

One of the definitions of "soul" is "a human being or a member of the human race.

I feel the lines say exactly what I intended them to say

My life has been touched by many people

Many of my jobs have been in a healing profession both physical and mental.

Once again thank you David for such an honest and thorough critique. I am sure my work is better for it. Thank you also for being glad I am me.

David has many great works that are wonderfully written and bring many joy in the reading. Though lately he has given us a taste of another side of him, I find that side just as enjoyable as when I first read him.

You can find his articles here

David Rochester's Articles

I hope you will take a the time to read some of his delightful work -- of course not this minute read this first! LOL

I come from big families and old haunted houses

From battling siblings and quarreling spouses

Love always enduring beneath our Oak's bough

Independence instilled that still lives on now

I come from the loneliness borne by a child

Most often the outcast as rumors beguiled

Still different from others as I grew to a teen

Encased 'neath the Willow became my routine.

I come from the tragic yet have tasted great joy

One came to heal one came to destroy

Each step a life lesson of who I would be

How much would I grow and to what degree

I come from a life with so many the doors

That fact vs. fiction is what many explore

My life has been touched by many the soul

And often my jobs were to heal or console

I come from a myriad of children on hand

My family just constantly seems to expand

Promises made that I'd care for each one

Were kept to the letter for it's just what I've done.

I come from Earth that grounds me you see

And the Air that allows me with all to agree

I come from the Water that lends me insight

And from the Fire whose passions delight

I come from this all and would live it again

With nary a change and a solid amen

Had I not had each moment, each pleasure, each strife

I wouldn't be me I'd have some other life.

© 2006