by- Matthew F. Blowers III

I have followed girls

that I adored

like a puppy dog

always wanting more

some loved me,

others just got bored

and so I followed

them no more

I have followed roads

that led me

places I'd never known

but soon enough

when things got tough

I followed roads back home

made my dear son

follow rules

Just like my daddy did

and he did well

and it was swell

when he was just a kid.

But his friends had

other things they did

things I taught him were taboo

sharing drugs and

alcohol with him

there was little I could do

and he took a corked path

until the day

that he got nabbed

and now I follow

all his progress

during his long

years in rehab

and my heart

now follows from afar

cause I love him

I'm his dad.

And Ill follow

my gal anywhere

even through the

depths of hell

she's the love of my life

through all joy and strife

and she always

treats me well.

And sometimes I' 11 lead

when she follows me

and sometimes we*ll sit a spell.

But if society

and all it's rules

should ever

crumble into dust

where true evil rules

in a world of fools

I won't follow in disgust

If their faith in

God is broken

mine will remain

in me unspoken

and I'1l be left untouched

and if the military

takes control

and the citizens

must pay the tolls

of a dictatorship

I will use my skillsas

to fight back and

a former vet

not let them forget

I'm a mean machine

the worst they've ever seen

and I will wreak righteous havoc