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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-04-09 10:04 PM

I know that my candle burned at both ends,
I was told many times I would not last.
Over this land I walked with not one friend,
Running away from myself and my past.
Yes, I had trials, heartbreak; tribulations,
Something kept me going, I knew not what,
From shore to shore I saw this great nation,
If I felt down I would stiffen my strut.
I had lovers, too many to point out,
I took from them, they from me; how it went.
No one could mistake me for a boy scout,
I could not stop, oh yes, I was hell bent.
And true my candle burned throughout the night,
Still, there were times it gave a pleasant sight.

©March 18, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2014-04-10 06:39 AM

Pretty cool sonnet dude! I hope that in these "golden years" you have finally learned how to make a friend (or two)

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-04-10 07:19 AM

Ah, I think I have made a few friends, Lori. Thank you for being here.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2014-04-10 01:34 PM

sounds like you too had a 'colorful' life indeed! ... I've spent most of mine tryin' to keep 'the darkness' of the Nam era at bay ...

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-04-10 01:43 PM

Thanks Bruce. Wasn't in that war or another one either. Lucky I guess. I was in the military, however.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

5 posted 2014-04-10 05:34 PM

77 looks good on you

Much happiness, the darkness has been lifted years ago from what you've written

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2014-04-10 05:39 PM

Funny about the 77, I turned 76 this month, Emma. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would live to be this old, and am still in relative good shape at that. Thank you as always, for being here.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

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