11. It's No Big Deal

It's no big deal. You lost your wife.


At least you did not lose your life

At least you lost her by your choice

You divorced her with your own voice

You chose to leave the memories

Both a safe port and stormy seas

The wildest ride of Mr. Toad

A shared life and a shared abode

Four dogs of different shape and size

Big dreams you did not realize

Too much time spent with pill and bills

Too much pain over wifely ills

Years lost, evaporated, gone

Not king, not knight, not rook, but pawn

And now it's happiness you seek

An ocean, river, mountain peak

Covenant vow, time not withstood

You've paid a high price, make it good.

Make it good, Hon. Make it good.