I tried to do my best · Writing to heal

I tried to do my best

This is a poem that my grandfather wrote.

I recorded it over 20 years ago it's a family heirloom..

I love my children, I love my wife

I've loved each day of my mortal life

I've flown airplanes in the Azure Sky

Sailed ships on the mighty Seas

Ridden trains from coast to coast

seeing cities the mountains and trees

I've ridden the sky in a hot air balloon

went beneath the sea in a submarine

I've seen sunrises sunsets and gazed at the stars there's not much my eyes haven't seen

I went to war in '44

the Navy was my pick

they said I could see the world

but didn't tell me I'd be so sick

I worked at a factory worked on a farm

Been beneath the earth in an old coal mine

I drove a taxi

built Burial Vaults

despite all this I felt fine

As I live out my days on Earth one never knows when it will end

I measured my wealth not in dollars or cents

but in the smile of one of my friends

I have a wonderful wife and family

grandchildren and great-grandchildren I proudly adore

Been blessed with faith and a sense of humor

who could ask for anything more

So when this life is over and I am finally laid to rest place these six words upon a stone

I TRIED TO DO MY BEST

Merwin Perry Baker

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