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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-11-27 02:53 PM



the jesters at center court
laugh and point gnarled fingers
when I boldly declare
until now I hadn't lived sufficiently
oh, but I had loved . . . once
not understanding what I had
until the cold chill of winter's emotions
blew us apart
I recognize now, hopefully not too late
the love word is life personified
fine-tuned and souped-up as it were
and life, sha
is the swinging gate of immortality
doubt not the Bard's
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
clutch them passionately to your breasts
fondle and caress them

it was a photograph
it was your smile within that photograph
oh, that wonderful smile
impish
slightly out of kilter
oozing sensuous implications
complimenting that smile were brown eyes
smiling a sensuous smile of their own
you haunted my thoughts
beguiled me
from that day to this
was reason enough
for my heart to seize up like a lump of clay
months would go by before
we were able to cement our desire
our love

the world, then, stopped revolving 'round the sun
time refused to move ahead
it, as was I, were in limbo
I heard you smiling within your soul
could imagine your eyes
outshining the sun
as time dissolved into putty
as well as my heart
was this an epiphany, showing me the way
into your heart?
or . . .
merely foolishness of age
I mused of you so often though you never knew

these are the words of a man quite stricken
by a mere picture
how can that be?
utter foolishness!
still . . .
that was then
this is now
I sit before the keyboard
preparing to write the
enduring, unending story of
Our Love

©November 27, 2011 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (11-27-2011 05:45 PM).]

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Spiros Zafiris
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since 2002-10-20
Posts 982
Canada
1 posted 2011-11-28 02:00 AM


..very good poem, Jerry..really enjoyed
it--as poems do..is that word "she"
in Line 12? will help me understand
it better..>>spiros

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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2 posted 2011-11-28 06:33 AM


Spiros, Sha,isn't a typo it is a term of endearment, I  belive it is cajun.

Jerry talk about taking a walk with you, this one goes right down lover's lane. Beautiful!  

Lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
3 posted 2011-11-28 08:08 AM


Lori explained sha to you, Spiros. Thank you for stopping by.

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Glad you enjoyed the poem, Lori.

~*~ There is no evil angel but Love.—William Shakespeare. ~*~

JL
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since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128
Texas, USA
4 posted 2011-11-29 12:29 PM


"I heard you smiling within your soul
could imagine your eyes
outshining the sun
as time dissolved into putty
as well as my heart
was this an epiphany, showing me the way
into your heart?
or . . .
merely foolishness of age
I mused of you so often though you never knew"

Excellent.  I certainly do understand the emotion, and you did a great job putting it into words.  Did I say excellent?  Yeah, it is.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
5 posted 2011-11-29 12:33 PM


Thank you so much, JL, I appreciate your kind words.

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

Sunshine
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6 posted 2011-12-10 01:17 PM


quote:
these are the words of a man quite stricken
by a mere picture
how can that be?
utter foolishness!
still . . .
that was then
this is now
I sit before the keyboard
preparing to write the
enduring, unending story of
Our Love


I told you I would return...

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
7 posted 2011-12-10 01:21 PM


Yes, you did tell me your would return, Sunshine. Thank you for doing that. I am honored.

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

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