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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2012-01-01 02:24 PM


          Romantics

Because of
other kind of men,
you stand alone
beside your sea of
  sorrows,
timeless tears,
and broken promises,
with proud-fine eyes
such as I have seen
  before
only in my dreams.

Though Life makes it hard,
and  it may ultimately lie
beyond all understanding,
as the final human ‘truth’
only Love still stands
above this grasping world.

               --- b.e. adams (1/1/2012)

[I've been (often) told that I am a just a 'smarmy'
  Romantic and also 'addicted' to verse libre ...
   I say, so what?! ... damn proud of it!]

© Copyright 2012 Bruce E. Adams Jr. - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2012-01-01 02:47 PM


Ah, yes, but that love can also plunge itself into a slimy, dark sea of misery and hate.

Hey, b.e., you are who you are, and that calls for you to say the "damn proud of it" line.Damn straight, I agree with you. Let 'em say what they will, you are the only one living beneath your skin. You know who you are, "they" don't.

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

jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
2 posted 2012-01-01 03:04 PM


Cool, my friend ... and I too, have never worried about who thought what of me ... (unless I was after Her heart).  You have to like me for who I am, not who you would have me be.

j

Nicole
Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835
Florida
3 posted 2012-01-01 05:07 PM


ooof... can I have my air back please?  You just seem to kind of nail it, right out of the gate with this poem.  And as for what others think - /psh... use your words, as you see fit, 'cause they're yours.  
Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
4 posted 2012-01-01 07:19 PM


I think a poet has to be his own person, Bruce and you are definately a master poet.
Mission accomplished.
                                 Ida

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
5 posted 2012-01-02 06:16 PM


Proud, as you should be.  You are a wonderful poet, Sir~

Always a fan!!  

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
6 posted 2012-01-02 10:13 PM


Nice...James
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