{"id":104681,"date":"2021-06-30T21:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T02:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104681"},"modified":"2021-06-30T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T02:30:49","slug":"if-i-had-died-when-i-tried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104681","title":{"rendered":"If I Had Died When I Tried&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104681\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104681\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104593 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Joyce-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Poem by Joyce Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>If I had died when I tried to tell you what I would not have seen<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Aretha Franklin, Kirk Franklin or seen Cinderella &amp; David Lee Roth which was a dream<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>I would not have three beautiful girls who are precious gifts to my family tree<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>I would not know the woes of marriage hurt of divorce and finding out I do love me<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>No reproductions from my kids my precious grandbabies<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Seeing them gives me ultimate joy a hit of happiness that drives me crazy<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>If I had died when I tried, had I have been successful in that moment<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>I would have died with hurt and pain and a spirit in torment<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>If I had died when I tried there so much I would not have learned about me<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>I would not have learned the joy of billiards and how it makes me feel free<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>I would have died a failure and given up on the beauties life can bring<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>If I had died when I tried a beautiful soul filled with life wouldn&#8217;t have been allowed to soulfully sing<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>Now I stick to believing and fighting for me even through tears I\u2019ve cried<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><strong>So much joy, hope, laughter, happiness, and love I would have missed out on if I had died when I tried<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem by Joyce Davis If I had died when I tried to tell you what I would not have seen Aretha Franklin, Kirk Franklin or seen Cinderella &amp; 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