Love Poem: Just Walking That Lonely Road
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Written by: Gershon Wolf

Just Walking That Lonely Road

He walks the loneliest road
  Where he's from is buried in snow
Where he's going, it's long ago
  Just walking that lonely road

Life didn't start out that way
  Married his best girl on a sunny day
Never knew how love could betray
  Walking the loneliest road

Slammed the screen door, up and left town
  On a plastered face, his mustachioed frown
He'd been high up -- he'd come all the way down
  Just walking that lonely road

The years went by, lines creased his face
  His back bent from hard labor's disgrace
No longer could he keep up the pace
  Walking the loneliest road

One day they found him, not far from the road
  His body stiff from alcohol's load
A stubborn man's death, not hard to decode
  Just walking that lonely road