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Open Poetry #49

My Extraordinary Journey

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2016-05-12 08:57 AM

lost and alone I wandered
the landscape was familiar to me
in a surreal sense
my steps took me to a strange door
don’t ask me how
but I knew this was an undisturbed place
I reached for the door
to discover its secret within
my hand touched not the door
for it evaporated
leaving me inside
feelings of a charming, but slightly untamed way
like carnival candied apples
I waited
waited for the purity of the moment
to speak to me
this, I felt
was the same feeling Adam
of that garden of old must have felt
a place where the unfamiliar was found not good enough
oh, my eyes sought out
a pre-adolescent child
a stranger-child
yet something stirred inside me
his soft white hands
beseeched me near with a naïve smile
his piercing blue eyes
showed no trace of anxiety
I saw virtue in this dreamlike child
you are there and I am here
come play with me
for I’m the innocence you were back then

©March 10, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (05-12-2016 09:57 AM).]

Pete_W
Member
Posts 185
Scotland (UK)

1 posted 2016-05-12 11:33 AM

I think we all hope that our baggage will be lost in transit somewhere, an emptying of sorts, nicely done. Thanks.
Pete

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2016-05-12 11:39 AM

Much obliged, Pete, for your cool comment, it is very much appreciated.

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

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

3 posted 2016-05-13 09:38 AM

oh to get back to our lost innocence, when we set out into the world with footsteps unaware where they lead...this awakens my own child memories. .nice one Jerry

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2016-05-13 09:47 AM

I hear you, jjote. Looking back to my innocence, I feel I didn't stay innocent as long as most kids do. I blame that on the rocky environment I was brought up in.

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

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