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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2012-09-24 10:18 AM

Mediocre

I don't need a good job,
Mediocre would suffice.
I've got nothing left to prove,
And I don't need nothin' nice.
But every time I twist that knob,
Another door slams in my face...
In a world set to disapprove
Me even being in the race.

And so I seek a strand of hope,
Always so instrumental;
With every damned disappointment
Looming so monumental.
Every failure, a length of rope
Stretched out without word spoken,
Toward the silent, fatal testament
Of a man this world has broken.

But I lift my eyes to God above,
And I know that I'm not finished.
...the noose not yet around my neck,
Even with all dream diminished.
And, without shame, clinging to love
That's not cloaked in deception,
I'll take one more step from this wreck,
If still caught by its reflection.

With palms laid bare, I lift my hands
With nothing left to offer;
But pray some good comes out of this,
Before I reach that coffer.
'Seek Peace, driven the same demands
Present the day I broke her...
And threw my life to the abyss
Of the less than mediocre.

Michael Anderson

Death's but a path that must be trod,
If man would ever pass to God.

Thomas Parnell

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2012-09-24 10:40 AM

quote:
But I lift my eyes to God above,
And I know that I'm not finished.
...the noose not yet around my neck,
Even with all dream diminished.
And, without shame, clinging to love
That's not cloaked in deception,
I'll take one more step from this wreck,
If still caught by its reflection.

You will never be, in this reader's eyes,
anything other than exemplary!

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-09-24 12:18 PM

quote:
But I lift my eyes to God above,
And I know that I'm not finished.
...the noose not yet around my neck,
Even with all dream diminished.

You say you're less than mediocre, but I see from these lines you are not less, but more.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2012-09-24 12:21 PM

Your faith is what I felt most.
Sometimes that's all there is, and it is what sustains us.

Enjoyed your thoughts very much~

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

4 posted 2012-09-25 01:30 AM

hello michael, i love this penning and the poetry and the story, i love the relativity of the mediocre man, and the idea that it demands some stuff to accept it and sometimes to fght, thanks for the beautiful and deep poem,

yann

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2012-09-25 01:46 AM

"clinging to love
That's not cloaked in deception ..."

I don't think it exists in this world and so, yes, we lift our eyes to heaven.

You write so well of the raw elements of life but remember we are as we perceive ourselves to be.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2012-09-25 10:26 PM

Fine writing...James

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

7 posted 2012-09-25 11:09 PM

"Mediocre", yes, yes...
But not Michael and his poetry!
You increasingly make better
and better prose-poetry.
Mediocre? God forbid!

But I did enjoy your 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!

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

8 posted 2012-09-26 08:49 PM

"I don't need a good job,
Mediocre would suffice.
I've got nothing left to prove,
And I don't need nothin' nice.
But every time I twist that knob,
Another door slams in my face...
In a world set to disapprove
Me even being in the race."

Awesome.

j.

katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

9 posted 2012-09-26 09:54 PM

What came to mind when I read your poem may be different than others. It was your first few lines that got me to thinking about the fact that people (especially men) over the age of 55 are the most discriminated against when trying to get a job. Not yet ready for retirement but to old for any real job with good pay. This is something that my boyfriend has been going thru for the past five years since he lost his high paying job to a younger worker. Six more months, he's counting the days to get his social security but he would really like a mediocre job! Sorry for rambling. Enjoyed your poem.
Kat >^..^<

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

10 posted 2012-09-27 01:12 PM

But I lift my eyes to God above,
And I know that I'm not finished.

It is your faith that will see you through... just as it's God who's given you the talent to write the struggle in a way that touches so many hearts. Mediocre isn't a term for you or your words... but I hope that job comes soon!!!

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