I Have Penned Rhymes

I have penned rhymes of young men who are known to be brave
And of old war heroes at rest in the grave
Their fighting days over they have found peace at last
Remembered in song and story for their heroic war past

I have penned rhymes of beautiful young women the Roses of many a town
Of different shades of hair color dark, ginger, blond, brunette and brown
And though anti aging creams may keep age wrinkles for awhile at bay
Time does rust iron as some are known to say

I have penned rhymes of Nature of ground insects and flies and bees
Of the wild born birds singing on the bushes and trees
Of fish and amphibians and of animals the domestic and the wild and free
Everyday more rhymes of Nature keep coming to me

I have penned rhymes of people i have known who have died
From the Reaper of lives there is nowhere to hide
And i have penned the rhymes of many a sporting great
Though on them all of my rhymes do have a use by date

A love of rhyming words made a rhymer out of me
And i have been penning rhymes since nineteen seventy three
And suppose i will be penning rhymes till the day i do die
For if i did tell you different this would be a lie.