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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

0 posted 2012-08-22 06:53 AM

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we ought to take some time
while specks of atoms crumble
and shadows begin to faintly
show themselves
now, at the beginning
of each new day
begins in the hoary light
of merciless march of time
that we need to take stock of who we are
after one more day on earth
there may be a feeling
even a mounting conviction
that there will come a day
where there will be nowhere to hide
we hope, of course
there will be a shadow
some precious clandestine lagoon
merely to conceal a hush-hush secret
or so . . . and . ..
maybe we might want to
reveal to the world order
that we just might know a lot more than
they give us credit for
. . . . . . .
anyway
. . . . . . .
as the pixels of paradoxical formation
grows around us
we become impatient, fidgety
for what we know will not go away

©July 23, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2012-08-22 08:06 AM

quote:
in the hoary light
of merciless march of time

How I understand this, Jerry! There is nowhere to hide. It will come to us.

It's always high time to remember who we are ... then what's there to fear?

Very impressive and thought provoking.

Margherita

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-08-22 08:10 AM

I appreciate your thoughts, Margherita, and thank you too.

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ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

3 posted 2012-08-22 09:44 AM

Enjoyed your poem, JP; thought provoking and heartfelt.
Ms. E

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-08-22 09:53 AM

Thanks, Ms. E.

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

5 posted 2012-08-22 11:32 AM

Love this line, my friend.

"...there will be a shadow
some precious clandestine lagoon
merely to conceal a hush-hush secret
or so . . .

and totally agree with Margherita.

j.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

6 posted 2012-08-22 12:40 PM

"reveal to the world order
that we just might know a lot more than
they give us credit for"

Amen, brother!
Excellent write!!

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

7 posted 2012-08-22 12:47 PM

Thanks, JL, those lines was my pick too.

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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2012-08-22 02:55 PM

J, thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my poem.

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Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

9 posted 2012-08-22 06:45 PM

BRAVO, my friend...we indeed know more than they give us credit for...I watch the world with coriosity and excitement that I understand what is going on...well done...you open the mind...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2012-08-22 06:51 PM

I, too watch the world with a shake of the head and soft mummers, sometimes growing into girlish-like shrieks at what mankind (man and kind, somehow, in this modern age just do not go together) is up to, but have given up on the body count. Thank you, Karen, always, for saying the right things . . .

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

11 posted 2012-08-22 08:13 PM

I hear you loud and clear in this one my friend! And I agree with the gang!

Lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

12 posted 2012-08-22 08:21 PM

Thank you, Lori.

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Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

13 posted 2012-09-03 09:49 AM

Something to think about, Jerry.
Ida

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

14 posted 2012-09-03 09:59 AM

Thanks for dropping by, Ida . . .

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