Months I've wasted

On drink and lies,

I'll move on now,

Those times gone by.

It's time to live

To share God's gifts,

A wife and family

Would give me a lift.

I don't think these charms

I will attain,

But for now

The hope remains,

One day to find

Someone who cares,

With me life's joys,

She'll willingly share.

Oh for a family,

That is my wish,

A son or a daughter

A wife's tender kiss.

Wait I must,

Maybe forever,

With God and hope

I'll never say never.

Jon Purden, Shirley, Southampton