He was born in Missouri when the Civil War was on
And moved to Cayce, Kentucky, as a boy
He was nicknamed for the little railway town
And his wooden train was by far his favorite toy.
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Lovely narrative piece about an enterprising intuitive mind, a resourceful man with great drive that had to wrestle with the cruel hand of fate. A well articulated piece of poetry nicely penned with conviction. A good poem indeed. Thanks for sharing. Please read my poem MANDELA - THE IMMORTAL ICON.
cruel hands of fate- we are witnerssing always. good writing, thanks..
Thanks Gajanan. Years ago I wanted to see if I could write a song lyric in the folk genre for the fun of it.
A life well lived, a story well told! I had pleasure from reading this.