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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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people pass by you refusing to meet your eyes afraid they might recognize themselves children point and laugh look ma look at him walks up three flights of stairs to a hovel in the middle of wealth trembling he opens a dresser drawer removes the faded, crinkled picture stares at Sophie Loren forlorn man in a midtown high-rise opulent décor drinking from best cut glass staring down at Central Park wishing he could open the window for the leap man lonely in a crowd mutilated by loving the unassailable or eaten up with hate, no love left people jump at his command wishes he was them the lonely are basically not good people as long as they are lonely hate the happy be au fait with the sad never understand how to climb out the world is full of sewers man-made and self absorbed the rich have lost their soul the poor pawned theirs where is the American Dream where it has always been there for the taking watch out for the detours have to be strong to survive the poor are downtrodden the rich can be lonely everything you are is your individual taste ~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Jerry, I like where you went with this in that lonely doesn't care who you are or what you have. You have said well the isolation of our times. Lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks, Lori. Kinda been melancholy lately. ~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Sorry to hear that Jerry  hope you get to feeling back to your old self soon. Be especially good to yourself now...go get some of that ice cream you and Zoe like so well.  Take careLori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ice cream. That sounds like a winner. I may just do that. Thanks for mentioning it. Zoe thanks you too, she said, yip-yip, she's too small a mutt to say woof-woof . . . ~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~ |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Many deep thoughts and facts to ponder here, dear Jerry. We do have choices I believe, but loneliness can hit hard where and when one would not suspect. Hatred is never a good thing and increases the distance between people, instead of connecting them. Look at a lonely little flower growing out of a crevice and absorb its beauty and feel the connection to All there is, it will alleviate your melancholy, at least temporarily. This is a very good write. Love, Margherita |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ye, Margherita, I have written about that lonely little flower growing out of a crevice. It is a great metaphor for how to rise about loneliness. Thank you, you always seem to interject just what is needed when you make your comments, and I absolutely appreciate them. ~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~ |
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dreamgal Member
since 2011-03-17
Posts 442 |
Your never alone with friends like us from pip (how sappy i know) lol Hugs, Dreamgal |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Haha!! Sappy it may be, Dreamgal, but 'tis true nonetheless, and thanks for that. ~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~ |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
JerryP - "everything you are is your individual taste" - I think your last line is the best summation for any quests of the human heart implying that we have the gift of choice to dictate the behavior we will follow and the thinking we will embrace. Quite liberating. This was deep JP and I much enjoyed. Namyh |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
.hey, Jerry..>>no matter what gloom you present (at times), 'tis always good to read you..you write it well, capturing one's imagination, along the way..>>spiros ------- ---------- |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
I felt this, Jerry, and I guess you had to feel it to write it. I think loneliness is something that hits all of us at some time or another but it passes as all things do. Not so great while we're in it though. Good write! Helen |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Namyh, we all have to battle out individual demons alone, and that is a fact. Even the best well-wishers can sometimes exacerbate it. Oh, I freely admit I write of gloom a large portion of the time, Spiros. I don't go around with gloom on my face all the time, it is just that poetry brings it out, you might say my inner demons. Thanks, Helen, yes I did feel it when I wrote it. Life is like that, few people can continue with happy thoughts with a smiling face a hundred percent of the time. Life is much to unpredictable for that. ~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~ |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
..hey, Jerry, gloom-no gloom, you're always a delight to read..>>spiros ------- ---- |
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