Marina is a special lady of distinction and honour
As she guided my hand to write poems from my heart
I wrote poems before to enter them in competition
Though the more I tried, I never could win.

Years later I created more poems to display In my
Book hoping one day I would reach the pinnacle of
Success but alas I was doomed to failure again, so
I put my poems to rest again I would not put pen to
Paper for a long time to come as my writing seemed
A failure as from day one.

Years went by and I left my wife, I looked for a
New partner having no luck I tried different dating
Sites looking for love, but I always failed the more
I tried, I found a poetry section on a dating site
It made me remember old times of the past, writing
For competitions and never ever winning at all
What if I posted my old poetry here, it would be sort
Of a labour of love.

I did so and I posted my first poem "Life", I thought
That was nice so I wrote more of my old poems as a
Legacy of my past, when I finished the last of my poems
I felt I had done enough, and was going to end this
Poetry forever. A day went by as I was reading my
Emails, I then discovered this wonderful person.

She was an inspiration to me and told me she loved
My poems asking me for some more, I was going to quit
Writing forever and had no plans to return, so I gave
It some thought, it was crunch time now, and I had to decide,
Whether or not to disappoint my fan, So I decided to write
One more for Christmas, so as to please my dearest fan.
To my amazement I recieved another comment, my admiring fan
Saying she liked it again, She advised me to keep writing
This poetry as it was a gift to us all.

I was in a dilemma now, I have this gift so what shall I do,
Should I quit right now or do I come shining through, with
The poetry that seems to make people feel good, Is it my right
To keep going or stay forgotten for good. I chose to keep going
As I had discovered a friend, Marina's her name, whom
I will stay faithful to the end.