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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2012-06-07 01:48 PM


what visions are found within
darkness of imagination
before the winds of change
scatter them willy-nilly
into the cellar of id's yawing jaws
what do you hear
when alone and cold bites your soul
shrilling wind outside
what is the music it plays
do you dance
or hide
from your uttermost fears

the wind talks to you
does it dare tell you the truth
that you are fraudulent
nowhere else to go
universe caving in on you
curl into human ball
hiding
freezing from global warming
eyes pools of dark regret
your wants and desires
folded up and put in a suitcase
as you cry tears of ineptitude

a gurgling, final hiss . . .
my dream, my dream

©Jerry Pat Bolton

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

© Copyright 2012 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
secondhanddreampoet
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1 posted 2012-06-07 02:18 PM


powerful, emotive writing!

['been there' (were there is naught but 'dark
   wolves' at the door) ... WAY too many times!]

Startime1955
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2 posted 2012-06-07 02:27 PM


WOW!!! such powerful words...I too know this feeling when I believe what I am told I am and do not see how the teller only wants to control how I feel about myself...light shines in my life now even though there are dark places I have yet to remember and bring into the light...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

[This message has been edited by Startime1955 (06-07-2012 03:10 PM).]

JerryPat2
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3 posted 2012-06-07 03:09 PM


I hear you, Bruce in the (were there is naught but 'dark / wolves' at the door)"

Thanks for stopping by and making me feel good.

~*~ A word after a word after a word is power.--Margaret Atwood ~*~

JerryPat2
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4 posted 2012-06-07 03:11 PM


Thank YOU, Karen, for the rah-rah comments, they are very much appreciated. Yeaaa!

~*~ A word after a word after a word is power.--Margaret Atwood ~*~

ebonygirl
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5 posted 2012-06-07 03:12 PM


Burrr... , JP. Intense
Well done, ms. e

JerryPat2
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6 posted 2012-06-07 03:14 PM


Heh.Heh. Thanks you for the Brrr and other endearments, ms. e.

~*~ A word after a word after a word is power.--Margaret Atwood ~*~

Margherita
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7 posted 2012-06-08 04:33 AM


Love throws us into a  bottomless abyss at times, just as it projects us into untold heights of bliss.

You describe the edge of darkness so well, dear Jerry. We need to stay away from those "black holes" ... but if they are "tunnels" forcedly there must be an exit into the Light.

Margherita

JerryPat2
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8 posted 2012-06-08 06:55 AM


Yes, the are, Margherita, and to get to that light you have to navigate through the blasted tunnel.

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

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