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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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0 posted 2014-04-15 08:39 AM




I ruminate
with my soul
eh . . . if indeed there is a soul
trying
to strengthen
that elusive part of me
to speak to it
but
regrettably and drat
I more often than not
drown
in a vaporous trance
powerless to come to terms
with my past
which I thought I had
already done
and
looking ahead
I see
my future
thwarted

sigh . . .
so as I stare
up at my ceiling
I
begin to remember
sad things

©March 20, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

© Copyright 2014 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2014-04-15 08:53 AM


We will always remember sad things my friend. Question is, do those memories push us or follow us. As long as they stay in our past as memories and don't have power over our present, it is all good my friend.

Lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2014-04-15 09:12 AM


I agree one hundred percent, Lori. I have made peace with it all, honestly I have. Still, making peace with it doesn't mean you are able to forget it, but remembering is not the same as allowing it to take control of your thoughts and actions. I am well beyond that.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000
California U.S.A
3 posted 2014-04-15 10:04 AM


There is a time for sadness ....and then slowly comes Joy to turn our heads to face the sun.
Well written JP,
Ms. E

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
4 posted 2014-04-15 10:10 AM


Yes, indeed, Ms E. I totally understand that! Thank you for being here today.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

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