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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2012-05-21 05:34 AM

This life road I've been following
I think I'll double back
I've been on this road too long
I'll change course
Return to some familiar places
Oh, I see a change in the elements
As I about-face
To return to past days
But I was a child then
Today I'm a man
Still . . . Back to childhood I go
In a man's body
Everything has gone creepy to me
Faces from the past
Don't resemble each other
And they have
Each and everyone
Donned clowns masks
And baggy pin-stripped pants
With a yellow flower in their lapels
Squirting psychedelic water at me
And they're
Again . . . As they used to
One and all
Laughing heinously
Pointing accusatory fingers at me

©April 28, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (05-22-2012 09:20 AM).]

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2012-05-21 09:01 AM

Very impressive, Jerry. Every now and then we plunge into the past and face those events again, our emotions still strong. You express this powerfully. It should be possible to dismiss these experiences, as they have no right or reason to still disturb us in our present life, but it is not easy, I know.

Margherita

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2012-05-21 09:02 AM

That poor hurt child you once were still whispers in you ear. I'm glad that "they"
are the clowns now. And I wonder if that finger they are pointing is at your happiness now. Miserable people envy the happiness of others. In that regard your past would detest your present happiness... and try to tell you you still don't deserve it. Don't listen my friend.

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2012-05-21 09:06 AM

Thank you, Margherita. Yes, it is difficult to traverse backward, and I wonder why I bother. It's just like an itch you can barely reach to scratch, it drives you crazy. Thank you for being here.

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

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-05-21 09:11 AM

Lori, my friend, you have absolutely hit upon it. I am happy, wonderfully happy, which is something "they" would not want to see. And no, a thousand times no, will I ever forget it, as if I ever could.

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

Zall
Member

since 2002-08-25

Posts 214
London, England

5 posted 2012-05-21 09:12 AM

Thought Provoking.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2012-05-21 09:25 AM

Thank you, Zall.

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

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

7 posted 2012-05-21 11:20 PM

HEY! I think we grew up in the same neighborhood. First thing I thought of was that old song:
"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you"

Enjoyed "The Road Back"

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!

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

8 posted 2012-05-21 11:24 PM

WOW!!! I hear you...very powerful writing that touches a cord...*HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

9 posted 2012-05-22 02:32 AM

I have to say you're a master at creating potent exposing images out of negative situations be they dreamlike or in actuality.
Great writing my friend.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2012-05-22 05:35 AM

JL, that is sure a possibility about the old neighborhood. Appreciate you being here

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Thanks Karen very much. Thanks for stopping by.

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Appreciate your kind words, Eric and thanks for continuing to read and comment on my poetry,

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

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

11 posted 2012-05-22 09:06 AM

JP, you write of the past vividly...
but you live the present joyfully.
Well done, my friend.
Ms. E

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

12 posted 2012-05-22 09:21 AM

You are a sweet person, Ms. E, and always have good things to say when you visit my part of the blue room. Thank you.

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

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

13 posted 2012-05-22 04:54 PM

I've also been going back to the past quite a lot and, yes, it is an itch one cannot reach. I don't think, however, that going back is a conscious act but there certainly is a need to do so either to gain clarity or just to feel the feelings again. Maybe it's an age thing?

Helen

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

14 posted 2012-05-22 05:22 PM

Aw, there's no doubt that it is an age thing, Helen, for when we get to a certain age looking ahead is just too dismal. Thank you for you input on my poem, friend.

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

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