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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-04-08 10:13 PM

For Lilee . . .

If you are directionless,
Where should you put your first step?
Should you walk or should you run,
Hold your fire or blast away?

The decisions you must make,
Are spiraling out of control.
Will I fall, or will I stand,
Will somebody point and laugh?

You know you cannot stand still,
To do so will be your doom.
So you aimlessly plod on,
Taking measure of the day.

Heart palpitating with fear,
For that mountain you must climb.
Or you could walk around it,
But that would take so much time.

You conjure up an old friend,
To direct you through life's maze.
Now you and your own self worth,
You two; still up to the task.

~ If you don't want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly. ~

dreamgal
Member

since 2011-03-17

Posts 442

1 posted 2011-04-08 10:43 PM

This was really good Jerry, one of my favorites of yours very well written my
friend!

smiles
Dreamgal

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-04-08 11:13 PM

Thanks, dreamgal, I appreciate it. I do tend to get a little morose at times, I guess.

~ If you don't want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly. ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-04-09 07:35 AM

What a sweet thought to write this for Lilee, Jerry!

For Lilee too

It's good, when you make that old friend, your own self-worth, because the two of you will always be up to it.

Sometimes it is good to include another friend chosen with care - one who won't use what you have said against you, nor have a hidden agenda, nor not care.

Sometimes one friend can help with one matter and another can help with another.

When things get really bad, it is good to sit down calmly and work out what is best for you, rather than what you want the most - then to work out what the best way is to get it in any way that isn't, as my mother used to put it, illegal, immoral or fattening.  Smiles.

Owl

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-04-09 07:42 AM

I dedicated it to Lilee, but I doubt she'll see it. She has never come on my page. I just felt like doing it because of the down and out poem she wrote yesterday.

~ If you don't want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly. ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2011-04-09 09:01 AM

I think she may just find you and your lovely poem, now.

Owl

dreamgal
Member

since 2011-03-17

Posts 442

6 posted 2011-04-09 09:06 AM

Jerry,

This was so thoughtful of you, i read her poem too and felt really bad.

Dreamgal

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2011-04-09 10:17 AM

Thanks, dreamgal. Sometimes just the appearance of someone who cares can be enough to give someone the courage to fight the fight of life.

~ When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. ~

Namyh
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since 2009-01-20

Posts 988

8 posted 2011-04-09 04:44 PM

Jerry - It's those bridges of indecision that often stall us when searching for a direction. But it's good to have a friend along when we finally do cross them to keep us both on the right path. Then all we have to do is courageously burn the bridge to prevent any retreat from either of us. This was intriguing Jerry and I enjoyed it. Namyh

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

9 posted 2011-04-09 05:22 PM

Appreciate the kind words and the intelligent input, Namyh, thank you so much.

~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~

Lilee
Junior Member

since 2011-04-03

Posts 16
U.S.A

10 posted 2011-04-09 07:10 PM

Jerry- Thank you so much for this poem. It is beautiful. I cannot tell you how much it means to be able to read something like this and feel hope for the future.

Owl- Thank you for the advice, anything is helpful and appreciated immensely.

~*~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

11 posted 2011-04-09 07:39 PM

Just a little poem, Lilee, born from many years of head-butting that mountain until I understood my self worth. I'm rooting for ya . . .

~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~

faithmairee
Senior Member

since 2011-01-05

Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA

12 posted 2011-04-09 08:23 PM

very nicely done, JerryPat...a very thoughtful thing to do for a fellow poet

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

13 posted 2011-04-09 08:29 PM

Thanks, Faith. Sometimes poems of heartache and despair challenges we poets to try to reach out.

~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

14 posted 2011-04-10 07:38 PM

Jerry, I'm glad Lilee came to read your poem.

Lilee, it was my pleasure and I am glad you found my humble advice helpful. Thank you for acknowledging it.

Owl

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

15 posted 2011-04-10 07:43 PM

Thanks for letting her know, Owl.

~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

16 posted 2011-04-10 09:24 PM

Jerry, Now do you see why we just gotta love ya!?

Lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

17 posted 2011-04-10 09:59 PM

Yep, Lori, I do.

~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~

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