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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2013-01-26 07:56 PM

Sometimes things just bear down on you. I wrote this when I thought the day would never end.

boredom
cancerous in its stealth
sneaks upon you
seizes your thought process
dead center
and there you are
frozen without words to write
without motivation
bored
worse than writer's block
more like
death of all creation
I've heard it said
when all else fails you
turn to porn
even that didn't work
boredom
killer of porn and all living things
let's see now
I have poems to write
a new novel to start
(Really? A novel? I don't think so.)
but nothing seems to be coming together
besides I have occasion
to vent my rage
with much too much violence
within my novels
boredom
it's like I am imprisoned
in a cave where the floor, the walls and ceiling
are all one color
vomit gray
I'm dying
Or maybe I've already died

©December 30, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

1 posted 2013-01-26 08:34 PM

Well I hope you are feeling a little better since the holidays Jerry. So many people are depressed during the holidays. Sometimes medication can help everything turn from black and white to being in color again, or even a vacation for a week or so. Maybe your next novel can be a romantic one as I noticed you write passion well. xxoo

~Victoria

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2013-01-27 04:06 AM

How well you describe boredom, Jerry. These days I just lean into whatever I'm feeling at the time because I know it will pass. I perhaps don't think it's boredom really (not when one has a novel to write) but more like an awareness of how pointless the rush and flurry of life and need to achieve is in the grand scheme of things and then, well, yes, we can just "be" - and that's okay.

Enjoyed your write!
Helen

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2013-01-27 07:03 AM

Appreciate the timely thoughts, Victoria, I really do. I woke up feeling better this morning.

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

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2013-01-27 07:05 AM

Yeah, I think you're right, Helen, the novel has been on my mind and I was/am having a difficult time thinking it through.

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

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2013-01-27 08:15 AM

Impressively rendered state of mind, Jerry! Boredom is one of our enemies no doubt and we should never give it a chance to win the battle, also because we know that its attack is temporary. And as the picture suggests out of boredom humans can really lose their minds and do very harmful things.

Good luck for your novel!

Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2013-01-27 08:49 AM

Thank you much, Margherita. You usually have a good handle on most situations, and this one is no difference. As usual, I appreciate your input.

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

RedStoneEB
Senior Member

since 2003-06-08

Posts 772
uk

7 posted 2013-01-27 11:04 AM

Boredom does create some interesting youtube videos but then again you have to be bored to view them.

How boredom comes over us so vast.

RS

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2013-01-27 11:29 AM

Hah! Yeah you're right about the youtube videos all the way. Appreciate the input.

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

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

9 posted 2013-01-27 02:49 PM

Scary photo....

watched a B movie last night
"Identities"

never saw it before...I've come
to not embrace the chiller-thrillers
[can't say I really ever did]
but this photo
and your words
reminded me of that movie.

Always a good read, my friend.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

10 posted 2013-01-27 02:51 PM

"boredom
it's like I am imprisoned
in a cave where the floor, the walls and ceiling
are all one color
vomit gray
I'm dying
Or maybe I've already died"

This is one day to forget, for sure.
Great depiction of what must have been
extremely exhausting and totally frustrating.

Nice writing, my friend.

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

11 posted 2013-01-27 02:56 PM

Sorry the photo brought back scary memories, Karilea. Thanks anyway for your comments.

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

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

12 posted 2013-01-27 02:57 PM

You are correct on all accounts, JL. That was most definitely one hell of a day. Eh, it passed though and I managed to get a poem out of it . . . Appreciate the fact that you are here . . .

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

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