Turning a New Leaf

This gent, Harry Drew, just awkwardly swayed,
And bit down hard – he was so dismayed;
Called at rudely by a some clumsy, old flake,
Because he pointed out the dumb fool’s mistake!

Then, driving home in quite a big hurry,
He wound up caught in a huge traffic flurry,
Covering inches instead of miles,
The incessant braking – this congestion riles…

Arriving home, suddenly, all angry and sad,
He succumbed to grief – so sorry he’d been had;
His ex-wife had called, demanding to talk,
But throughout it all, he’d decided to balk...

Then, in his mailbox, a charming invitation,
From a local university, about a graduation,
Finally, some news that he couldn’t disparage –
His lovely daughter was finishing college!

Then, he reached over and picked up a picture,
Of him on vacation with his beautiful daughter,
In Aspen, Colorado, for a weekend of skiing;
A time revisit, such joy they were feeling!

Life can be filled with such anger and stressing,
But love for one’s children doesn’t offer much guessing;
Better, he remain this happily endowed –
A father whose child makes him so very proud!