Open Doors -- a Poem for NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 18

    Door Openings for Me 

I grew up knowing and hoping 

Knowing I could become something 

Born with a wrench in my right hand 

Had mechanical aptitude 

Broken clocks I'd take tic-toc out 

They then became wind up motors 

Became motors for my toys my small toys 

Could I become an engineer 

Poor but doors began to open 

Was surprised with a scholarship 

Was for the University 

Hadn't planned going to college 

Doors had opened, learned to play chess 

Squandering time, was good at chess 

Could beat the city champ in chess 

My grades demanded I drop out 

The doors opened again for me 

Factory job awaited for me 

Wrench retrieved so worked myself up 

Setup man for sixteen women 

Next door was the U.S. Army 

Their school for me, electronics 

Forty-three weeks later, third in class 

Five years later, discharge door now 

Nineteen more years, used army skills 

Aerospace Engineer's door  

Finished college, taught part time 

College offered job, I took 

Through that new door, I liked job 

Now Doctor Jim, Professor 

Then twenty-two year later 

Became Doctor Jim, retired 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 18  with "challenge you to write a poem in which the speaker expresses the desire to be someone or something else, and explains why" 

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