Three Men of a Certain Age (poem)

 

one gave me life and abandoned me to it

one passed through, changed it forever

one sees what is hidden from you

 

one mind is wasting

one fought a war and never came home

one challenges my thoughts to grow

 

three lives began in one year with a similar root

turned abuse in different directions

 

one passed it on, one seeks to please, one broke the cycle with love