Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘regrets’

“A Clarity of Regrets” (Revised) copyright 2012, John J. Rigo, upcoming book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in Regrets Cannot be Changed, tagged , , , , , on November 8, 2014| 2 Comments »

Picture of John J. Rigo, Airman second class, US Air Force, Hunter AFB, Savannah, Georgia, Age 17, 1959. I will always be young at heart!

Picture of John J. Rigo, Airman second class, US Air Force, Hunter AFB, Savannah, Georgia, Age 17, 1959. I will always be young at heart!

Ernest Hemingway once related
that a man could not live a full life
without many regrets.
Such has life been for me
in over seventy years on the planet.
 
I now realize along the way
many saw my potential for greatness
I never saw what they saw.
 
There were many signs
of pending greatness.
I was too blind to see them
or hear them for that matter.
Even when those signs spoke
loudly to me.
 
I find myself today without
children from my own flesh.
A gift that was begged from
my childhood bride
but I was too stupid to give
at that childlike time in my early life.
 
At the time seeking financial
stability was more important to me.
There are many, many regrets from this time.
 
It seemed in my early youth
starting at 21
women were attracted to me.
I never really understood why.
I never thought of myself
as a good-looking man.
 
Along the way
I was blessed in meeting
and loving very beautiful woman.
 
Even today many of those
moments have not escaped my memory.
A sigh still sounds in my breath 
in recalling them. 
 
If there is truly a hell
in eternity
it is knowing
one can never change
those regrets.
 

Read Full Post »

“Regrets at the End of the Journey” copyright 2012 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in Looking back at a life of Regrets, We All Have "Regrets", tagged , , , , on March 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

 
 

Courtesy of lifeas5.com…… “Looking Back at our Journey”

One can not have lived close
to three-quarters of a century 
without looking back.
 
On this day I found myself looking back
at my own journey.
I believe no human can have lived a full life
without regrets.
 
There is a certain unfairness to life.
Wisdom seems to be the gift of the elderly.
It seemed lost to me in my own youth.
 
I am not proud to reveal
that I have known many woman in my life.
Many of them I did love
in my youthful way.
 
As I recall them in my own life
I look upon them
in my memories
with a giving and gentle heart.
 
I have learned in life 
we will only have one true love.
A love that accepted us
as we were.
Loved us totally
without a reserve held.
 
If we let that person
slip thru our fingers
it becomes a sorrow………….
we will always carry.
 
It is down the road that
our lack of wisdom becomes
clear to us in our choices in life.
 
Wherever you may be my Love
this day
know that I still Love you
in my heart and mind.
 
I wish you
Love
Happiness
Joy
Peace
from a far-away shore.

Read Full Post »

“Sorry you Married a Jerk” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

Posted in Avoid Marrying a Jerk, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 
Perhaps a good book to read before marrying that second partner?

Perhaps a good book to read before marrying that second partner?

The scene is familiar.
A local restaurant.
The couple came to enjoy breakfast.
 
A woman joins the couple.
She is unfamiliar to the husband.
Introductions are made.
 
During the course of conversation
between the wife and woman friend
mention is made of several occasions
where the husband of the wife
is made to look like a jerk. 
 
As the husband listens to these
indirect insults by his wife
his mind travels back to his youth.
 
Memories fill his mind
in recalled memories of his
first childhood bride
who always treated him
with pride before others. 
 
An inner voice rings in his head.
The voice tells him he lacked maturity
in keeping his childhood bride.
 
He now realizes he is at the end of his life.
He is now married to a Jerk for a wife.
Lord….save us from our own stupidity. 
Related articles

Read Full Post »