As I Hope To Be Doing It

For many years i have been a rhyming buff And i have written reams and reams of rhyming stuff And since fame is not for those who write doggerel Perhaps i am bound for the poetasters hell As a young man i daydreamed i might be a poet Or somebody worthy of literary note But daydreams are just that and seldom come true And to be a good writer in life not my due Though everyone needed in the wordsmith trade It is said of writers that they are born not made I loved reading rhymes when i was a boy And writing them now is a thing i enjoy If i said i will quit rhyming this would be a lie As i hope to be doing it on the day i do die.