If I were to compare the things that I’ve done right
To the things where I’ve failed
Then the failures would come out on top,
But there has been more that I’ve attempted when the chances arose
Than those I ignored and did not.
To look back, to assess, to judge what was I
Is an impossible task to attempt.
As decisions were based on only what I knew
Not prejudiced by future contempt.
To have seen the future from that present eye
Demanded wisdom beyond my grasp,
But I tell you true as stand here today
It would still be my heart that I would I clasp.
© 2016, Danny Kemp. All rights reserved.
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About Daniel Kemp
Daniel Kemp, ex-London police officer, mini-cab business owner, pub tenant and licensed London taxi driver never planned to be a writer, but after his first novel —The Desolate Garden — was under a paid option to become a $30 million film for five years until distribution became an insurmountable problem for the production company what else could he do?
Nowadays he is a prolific storyteller, and although it’s true to say that he mainly concentrates on what he knows most about; murders laced by the intrigue involving spies, his diverse experience of life shows in the short stories he compiles both for adults and children.
He is the recipient of rave reviews from a prestigious Manhattan publication, been described as —the new Graham Green — by a managerial employee of Waterstones Books, for whom he did a countrywide tour of signing events, and he has appeared on ‘live' television.
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Beautiful Danny. If only we could know what result would come from each side of the decision we make, before we make it, life would be so much easier, But, we can’t and that’s life. Loved this one.
Thanks once more, Patricia!