I have known this man

nearly forty years

and for most of that time

there have been no tears.

Of course life is such

that there

His face is weathered, full of life, he's seen many a long hard year
I see that time has bent his back, but still has not

TO KNOW THE MAN IN MY LIFE

 In the beginning, I hid from you.  Ashamed

 of what I allowed to happen to me.

There is a man

That I know well

I love him more

Than I can ever tell

He's the most amazing man

That I have ever known

With each

A MAN NAMED ANT

There was a brick spitting guy named Ant
Forever latching on to a bloody rant
On and on he went all day
Moaned