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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2016-01-11 12:43 PM




Like transparency of the echo
Common sense is plummeted
Into silence . . .

You must reject contrition;
Regrets are a waste of time,
They lead you to the flame
Of sorrow. How can you
Taste sorrow on your tongue,
Like ashes of foul deeds
Dropping like pebbles when
You're not the same person
You used to be back then.

You must stop this
Smiting of your soul for
things in the past gone bad.

Your very acts of sorrow
Confirms you are not the
Same as you were in those
Black days. Why then do you
Allow the evil creature to
Visit you in your dark and
Hidden places?

You are automatically
Reprieved by the very act
Of growing into who you
Are. You have left the other
You in its rightful foul place.
Why then, is this constant,
Drip by cutting drip allowed
To give you inner turmoil?

Ah, there is an unbroken sigh
Of harmony within you which
Allows you to separate who you
Are now from who you were then.

©December 31, 2015 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

© Copyright 2016 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana
1 posted 2016-01-11 03:05 PM


More than interesting that I should find this smack-dab in the middle of your poetry JerryPat:
quote:
"You must stop this
Smiting of your soul for
things in the past gone bad".
It truly gets to the 'heart' of it all.

Truth from top to bottom Southern Lou!

Great insights and wise thoughts for all to ponder.


88's pal

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2016-01-11 04:04 PM


You are absolutely correct, Ticklefingers about those three lines being the crux of the poem. I appreciate you observable comments, man . . .

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

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