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Abe
Senior Member

since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2008-02-26 05:52 PM

THE ELEPHANT MAN

For those who missed The Elephant Man
When it was on TV
You should make a point to see it,
See how bad life can be.

A quirk of nature, twist of fate,
Sad beyond compare.
Don't look away, put it aside,
For it could be you that's there.

No guarantee of normalcy
From the day we're born.
Always a chance you could be he,
One people tease and scorn.

Not run of the mill, but, different,
Maybe short, fat or tall:
Not the same as everyone else,
You're the lucky one. that's all.

But is that so. being a sheep,
Is that what life’s about
To be one of the lucky ones
That never does without.

Without compassion, understanding,
Unwilling to share:
To think that you are better,
Unable to care.

If so, I do pity you,
For you are the real freak;
Empty inside, sick and low,
Pitiful and weak.

If you can't see the other side,
Put yourself in their shoes
One day the time will come for you
When you must pay your dues.

So take an hour, even a minute,
To help those who need a hand,
Don't pity them, just try to help,
And try to understand.

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2008-02-26 05:56 PM

quote:
If you can't see the other side,
Put yourself in their shoes
One day the time will come for you
When you must pay your dues.

So take an hour, even a minute,
To help those who need a hand,
Don't pity them, just try to help,
And try to understand.

Wise advice and presented with your usual skill.

love
Margherita

LynnFromCT
Member

since 2008-02-18

Posts 53
CT, USA

2 posted 2008-02-26 06:17 PM

I too agree, we complain about our woes, but there are many who are far worse off then we are.

I went to school with a boy who had that same disease, he was the nicest boy you could ever meet... We cried when he died - he fell down the stairs.

I wrote a poem, it's called "Got It Pretty Good" - its written on the sames lines as this - stating I got it better than some of those others.

Great Write.

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

3 posted 2008-02-26 07:34 PM

Yes Abe, you should definately put all your

poems in a book, they are great, very well done.

Lindsay

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2008-02-26 09:34 PM

Abe,

Your last strophe sums it up well. I like the idea of this.

Bobby

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2008-02-27 05:44 AM

Well said, Abe
Ida

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2008-02-27 12:04 PM

Abe~
I did see this movie ... and it now resides
in my collection of 'watch again'~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - [email protected]

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2008-02-27 02:59 PM

Excellent...James

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