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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-07-19 05:14 AM

I've found something at the end of my run,
It's never too late to get something done.
Life is a hazardous, hard one-way street,
Better to live worthy than with conceit.

Matters not a whit what paths you will take,
Even if sometime you must put on the brakes.
Believe in you; never too late for change,
You can be who you are, even be strange.

During my years here on earth I have found,
You're your own worst enemy pound for pound.
But I know this and I know it so well,
You can be happy even in a cell.

Bars, real and imagined, keep you confined,
The trick is how you deal with it in your mind.
It's never too late to be who you want,
A scholar or a trashman from Vermont.

My life has come full circle, this I know,
Been down so deep; a character of Poe's.
I have flaunted life almost every time,
At times that mountain seemed to0 hard to climb.

I tell you this; you don't have to stay down,
Happiness is winning the Triple Crown.
But it's up to you, and lots of luck too,
But don't wait on luck for what you are due.

Look to yourself, find the grit and commence,
Whether love, inner peace, or picket fence,
You can be exceptional, I know you can,
You just have to stay with your own game plan.

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

1 posted 2011-07-19 07:29 AM

Thoughtful words, "stay with your own game plan and give it your 100%". Very true, Jerry.

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2011-07-19 10:23 AM

with age comes the knowledge of what is really important in life~~

M

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

3 posted 2011-07-19 10:58 AM

cool view JP...and true too

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

4 posted 2011-07-19 11:01 AM

important, wise and clever words Jerry, better choose one's life than be choosen by one's life,

thanks for sharing

yann

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2011-07-19 11:33 AM

Now if I just knew where to get one of them there game plans I'd have it made Jerry.
Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2011-07-19 01:05 PM

Thank you, Prasad, staying true to the game plan is the problem sometimes.

Yes, "M" it really does. Thank you so much.

Appreciate it DP.

Hello, yann, thank you for your kind words.

I have a feeling you've got your game plan well under way, Lori. Thanks for being here.

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

Word Weaver
Member

since 2011-03-06

Posts 437
California, USA

7 posted 2011-07-19 01:24 PM

So much of our life is wasted or spent unwisely before we realize what it's really all about. There's great wisdom in your poem Jerry. I hope everyone reads it.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2011-07-19 03:23 PM

I agree, Marcia, about wasted lives. Most of us have to get through our "rebelling" period because we take life seriously. Some, like me, rebel much longer than they should.

Thank you for being here,

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2011-07-22 04:03 PM

You've made me realize the error of my ways... I've never been good at games! LOL But I'm muddling through and tend to be kinder to the muddler than I once was... I guess that's progress? *S* Enjoyed the read!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2011-07-22 05:20 PM

Yep, I would say that was progress, suthern. I appreciate you stopping by to read and comment . . .

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

11 posted 2011-07-22 06:27 PM

Wow... you stunned me with this one Jerry. To say I can relate would be a huge understatement.

"During my years here on earth I have found,
You're your own worst enemy pound for pound.
But I know this and I know it so well,
You can be happy even in a cell.

Bars, real and imagined, keep you confined,
The trick is how you deal with it in your mind."

Yup... that's me!

Great work, and very inspiring as well.

Michael

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

12 posted 2011-07-22 10:29 PM

Thank you, Michael, I was positive I comment on your comment earlier, but I guess not, which is strange. It's strange because I remember reading what you wrote, and every time I read someone comment I immediately write back to them, always, without fail.

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

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