<p> &nbsp;This is a book of poems about my life and life in the south; about the deadly corona virus that has plagued and taken over the entire world; about respect for our country and the people in it; and about the rapture.&nbsp;Some poems are cheerful even though realistic.&nbsp;This book also includes a poem of my deceased niece that passed away from melanoma cancer at an early age.</p><p><br></p><p> I am 57 years young and a male bachelor. I am the youngest child of four siblings.&nbsp;My mother is still living at 92 years young and my father is deceased.&nbsp;I was an ocean lifeguard for two summers at Myrtle Beach and worked in a German ball bearing manufacturing plant in my home town of Cheraw SC while growing up.&nbsp;I was a walk-on football player at Newberry College but did not know then what I wanted to do as far as my degree or my eligibility years of playing college football.&nbsp;I much later in life obtained a college degree in Associates of Arts from Trident Technical College in Charleston SC.</p>