I'm Still Here (from Boyhood Tales)

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Open Poetry #45

I'm Still Here (from Boyhood Tales)

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2009-09-15 03:59 PM

I'm Still Here (from Boyhood Tales)

I'm still here, I mailed,
still the same,
chaste, powerfully in love,
just as when I left,
just as when the Navy whisked me
to the Pacific's surface
to live on an island of three-thousand men,
hundred's of planes,
a lust to be home.
I'm still here,
although your letters are missed,
and I fear the words of my friends
are true;
you're not as faithful as I,
have chosen a path
divergent from mine, and I,
on a ship of three-thousand men,
am alone in an ocean replete with hearts that have died –
death as surely
as those at the bottom of the sea.

I'm still here, I mailed . . .

I'm still here.

©wesley james beard, jr.
september 2009

[This message has been edited by jwesley (09-15-2009 09:39 PM).]

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2009-09-15 04:17 PM

Again you move me with this flashback, dear Jimmy. That was a tough situation and doubts of that kind could certainly sneak into a lonely heart.

Beautifully worded.

Glad you got the inspiration!

Love,
Margherita

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2009-09-15 04:31 PM

I concur with Margherita's remarks (but then I usually do!)

I'm pleased that you were able to find your voice and write your emotional memories down.
Other poets have often inspired me to do likewise, my friend!

Ships ahoy!

Love 'n a hug,
Linda

LindsayP
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since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

3 posted 2009-09-15 11:28 PM

Enjoyed your poem my friend but I thought what a shame that you couldn't have shared

that Island with three thousand women, then it would have been a pleasure to grow old.

Good one Jimmy, take care.

Lindsay

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

4 posted 2009-09-15 11:34 PM

How to be lonely in a crowd of 3000 men....yes, I can understand it.

Excellent thoughts, sir...

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

5 posted 2009-09-18 07:31 AM

moving recant of times passed, earnestly aching for the sweep of love's caress.

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