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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2012-04-30 06:21 PM

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we could have been friends
before you sour’d on the world
and thought your beauty
was sinful
ugly
and damned
when your hair was waist-length
black as road tar
catching the suns rays in multifaceted
hues

I wish we’d known each other
before you decided
you hated the country you were born and raised in
I’d liked to have
been your first lover
somewhere ankle-deep in soft green clover
when you looked at the world
with not so jaundiced eyes
with your rimless glasses
part of your rebellious uniform
the beginning of your severe asceticism
and entrenched anger

I'd loved to have held your hand
with a gentle squeeze from time to time
letting you know
I was there, always there
with you
watching your back
I can see deep within you
the fresh-faced, slightly freckled
young lady in your early teens
before you found
hate as your companion
and shut the door on the past forever
as you fought for the common man
spilling blood
as though that makes it alright

you spout your venom
in hysterical speeches
on college campus after college campus
drunk with the sound of your own voice
you quote from Mao’s Red Book
your Bible
as though it makes a difference
really
I watch as you lie beside me
sleep has returned to you your innocence
your youth
your passion for life
not destruction
and upheaval
I’ll be gone when you awake
to never forget you
and what this night brought me
but I cannot stay
I am your mortal enemy.

©Jerry Pat Bolton

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

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (04-30-2012 06:58 PM).]

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2012-04-30 10:09 PM

I used to just spout off poetry if I felt inspired--it took me a long time to learn some manners. (YES--these are manners.)

I'll send you an "e".

I found it inspirational and touching.

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

2 posted 2012-05-01 02:32 AM

There's always those what if thoughts.
We don't know what's coming.
What if your parents moved to Alaska when you were young you'd never gotten
the chance to experience that beauty but it woulda been something similar as you grew into it all.

You just went to that demonstration to pick up chicks......NAW! C'mon now I'm just kidding.

Looking back makes for good self examination doesn't it?

Great writing Jerry I think it's one of the better ones of yours.

Where are those wireless glasses now? Would there be a streak of grey in that hair?
What kind of a job is she holding down now?

Ah the enthusiasm of youthful passions melt into the unchangeable future. Here we are still doing OK!

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2012-05-01 05:46 AM

Thank you Karen, for such a lovely comment, I'm headed over to the "e."

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Hah! I did go to the demonstrations to pick up chicks, Eric, yep, that happened. Ah, the wireless glasses, and yes there is gray in that hair. Where are they at? What are they doing Most of them went to work for Bill Clinton and the rest joined the Obama bandwagon.

Thanks for the great comments, Eric.

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

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2012-05-01 08:13 AM

I guess your political statement at the time was pretty clear too...Screw this! LOL I love your retrospects.

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2012-05-01 08:23 AM

Yep. I would say that my political statement was pretty clear. That was then. I have a couple of reconsideration's about it all, especially the war, but this poem was written as if it was in the day. Thank you for continuing to support my poetry, Lori.

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

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

6 posted 2012-05-01 10:08 AM

WOW!!! This is a wonderful poem that took me back...

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2012-05-01 10:15 AM

Much obliged, Karen. I do so appreciate your continued reading and commenting of my efforts.

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

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

8 posted 2012-05-01 09:13 PM

Took my thoughts back a few years, Jerry.

Ida

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

9 posted 2012-05-01 09:22 PM

Thanks, Ida, I hope it was a pleasant trip back. Appreciate the input.

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

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