Rugged

22/12/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



I knew a rugged gentleman

Who had a rugged face

He lived in rugged mountains

And had a rugged place



He drank from a rugged cup

And ate with a rugged spoon

Carved with a rugged axe

And his rugged voice did croon



He sang a rugged love song

About his rugged life

And how his rugged heart

Wished for a rugged wife



He dreamt of rugged children

To take on rugged hikes

To swim in rugged rivers

And ride on rugged bikes



So, he packed his rugged rucksack

And walked some rugged miles

Beneath the rugged trees tops

Past buildings with rugged tiles



When he came by a rugged cliff

The rugged view he admired

Until his rugged eyes fell upon

What his rugged self desired



He climbed down the rugged rocks

Across the rugged beach he ran

And asked this rugged woman

To join his rugged clan



Together they climbed the rugged cliffs

And followed the rugged path

Over rugged hillsides where

Rock pools formed a rugged bath



Under rugged skies they slept

Sheltered by rugged caves

Watching rugged storms brew

And cast rugged waves



Before them stretch a rugged coast

Rugged peaks at their back

A rugged little homeland

For them to start their rugged pack