I Have Never Envied Those

I have never envied those of wealth and fame And praise and criticism I treat as the same I do not have life achievements of for to brag Though for a fair go for all people I do wave the flag For to comment on poems of poets I am not qualified Their idea of good and bad I leave to others to decide I am just one of those who has penned reams of rhyme Without the rewards of pay over decades of time Though I do not refer to myself as a poet Nor am i one worthy of any literary note I have been penning rhyme since nineteen seventy three And it was my love of rhyme made a rhymer of me That I enjoy penning rhyme on my behalf not a lie And I hope to be doing it until the day I do die.