Jack of All Trades

 

For Laurence

By: Iqra and Nicole 

I don’t remember much, he said that the most.

His eyes distant as he recalls faded memories lost to time.

 

My children? Their names, still here in my thoughts

Anna, Tracy, Betty, Ron, their names remain.

Ron the independent one

Jack of all trades as I once was

Once upon a time  

I don’t remember much,

 

Time has whisked my memories away.

I can still feel though, the biting cold of Edmonton,

Not colder than Saskatchewan.

 

The jack of all trades

Blessed me with a crown of fleeting deals,

Crafting the homes of many

Laying bricks made of labors for someone to call home

 

But alas the crown is taken by the gates of my last and final home.

I have no stories, my tales have gone,

But I believe my legacy will carry on

Even if I may not remember.

 

Time catches up to us all

One day, it’ll creep up to your soul

One day it’ll be there standing by your shoulders

As you look down upon the young

Nostalgia will creep up and everything will be okay.

 

Hands taken with age, wrinkled with time

Shaking hands with friends

They helped me the most.

 

Voice fading yet all meaning stays.

My voice might be fading

but my words won’t go unheard.

Even if I don’t have a story to tell,

I’ll say the tale of my legacy

They’re still there

 

Anna, Tracy, Betty, Ron, their names remain

And they will have stories to tell,

My legacy remains.

 

Life catches up to everyone

And I remember little, but being

so very good at this,

At kids and jobs

At people that needed help.

A wife, no, not so much

Not anymore

But once,

 

Once upon a time  


Kids, kids I can keep up with

I can follow and I can guide

They grow you know

They grow to be better

They grow to be independent with families of their own

 

And here you are, wanting to know

Was it all worth it?

I don’t know, do you?

Does anyone, truly?

 

Possibilities come forth

As here come the youth

Sitting before me

They ask,

“Tell us a story”

A tale for the ages, that was what they wanted.

 

Well

Once Upon A Time

There was a Jack of all Trades…