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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2011-11-13 05:22 PM


alone
sometimes that word screams
but can't be heard
that's when you know
the silence is you
sentenced unto a prison without bars
all you have are regrets
all you can do is look back
relive history
shake your head
at the mistakes
the many mistakes you made along the way
alone
but . . .
every so often
alone is visited by happiness
another soul who needs you
for their own particular reason
shows you warmth
and you . . .
you greedily reach for it
eagerly and desperately trying to feel not
alone
knows it will soon be gone
doesn't matter
what does it matter?
take what is offered, reach out for it
as would a drowning man
stretch his hands out for a lifeline
for awhile alone has joy
this wonderful somebody who will make him not
alone
he takes it
savors it
putting aside precious moments
for later
when he is again . . .
alone

©November 13, 2011 / Jerry Pat Bolton


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© Copyright 2011 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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1 posted 2011-11-13 06:31 PM


To anyone who comments on this decidedly whinny poem, I, in my defense, can only say, it has been one of those weekends.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Margherita
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2 posted 2011-11-13 07:05 PM


First thing I will reach out with a warm hug across the world ((((Jerry)))). Your aloneness has produced a poignant poem to which I think many can relate and in sharing your thoughts there is reaching out. Besides that you are also aware of the precious gift of someone who brings happiness which softens future moments of loneliness. And this is positive thinking, which is bound to bring more positivity ...

As for the "mistakes" you mention, we should think of them as experiences that were necessary to forge us and to make us evolve into the beings we are now. So in the end the consequences are not to be considered negative.

Thought provoking piece, which touches the heart.

Love and peace.
Margherita  


JerryPat2
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3 posted 2011-11-13 07:15 PM


Margherita, I wish I could hug your neck. Thank you for your overwhelmingly kind and thoughtful words.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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4 posted 2011-11-14 08:08 AM


I'm with Margerhita Jerry. And you are never really alone when some one cares for you because they hold you in their thoughts.

Lori

JerryPat2
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5 posted 2011-11-14 08:44 AM


((((((((((HUG))))))))))

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6 posted 2011-11-14 01:27 PM


I read this last night, but was too deep in my own alone to comment coherently (anniversaries of loss lead to too much contemplation and just aren't any fun). You do have to savor the precious moments... they're what sustains us.

((((HUGS))))

JerryPat2
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7 posted 2011-11-14 01:53 PM


Sorry for your alone, suthern, and I'm returning your ((((HUGS)))). Thank you for coming back and commenting.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

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