Alpha Male

Sit back and let me tell you a tale

’bout a man named Dave, who was once an alpha male

He once fought what others fear

And took care of those he held dear

A careless surgeon tried to take his life

Everything changed when he went under the knife

Visions of hell filled his head

Often wondering if he was dead

When he woke from a six week nap

He couldn’t move or talk and he thought, what the crap

From that point on the alpha male was gone

Dave was being punished, but he did no wrong

Helpless and weak, he managed to survive

He was a shell of a man who lost his drive

Losing his son was the final straw

Into the grave he wanted to crawl

Andrea May saved his life

So naturally he made her his wife

He mourns the alpha male every day

It’s a struggle to live his life this way

A cripple in a chair is what he’s become

Staring down at his paralyzed thumbs

Friends and family inspire him to live

Sadly he wishes he had more to give

When the alpha male dies, another moves in

Sometimes I wish another would move in

And continue the legacy that Dave had begun

I wish my life as a cripple was done

~Dave