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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-10-02 09:47 PM

amid the debris of my life
it is a strange and beautiful night
bayou water in the moonlight
shimmering in the low-lying mist
I like it here
alone
with only my thoughts
listening as creatures call out greetings to me
or maybe they are warnings instead
an owl hoots
fish breaks the surface of the bayou
goes kerplunk
back into the water
the charmed moon is bright Halloween orange
hanging low
o'er the swamp where I sit

its at times such as this
that I am as one with it all
pleased I've discovered things
about myself
I never thought possible
in those other days
past days when I made all those many stops
to drink my fill
at what life offered up to me
I hear a quiet rustling in the foliage behind me
a nutria, maybe
I don't allow it to disturb my peace
for peaceful is how I describe
this quiet time
on the bank of this bayou
in the moonlit night
memories come into play
some make me smile
some do not
still, they are all part and parcel
of who I am
and I have made peace with all of them

I was made to set sail
o'er the bountiful land
seeking enlightenment
as sure as the day becomes night
and the nights gives way to fears
I walked my mostly solitary road
stopping to take what was offered
lingering for a while in a good place
before moving on
searching
always probing
ah, I've found what I searched for
this bayou
this heavy, pregnant moon
my thoughts are good
my days numbered
I'm unafraid
my, my, just to think
it was all about this
all those many, many years ago
that I searched

©October 2, 2011 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~~ Those who are silent are the first to be shot. ~~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (10-04-2011 08:39 PM).]

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-10-02 10:10 PM

Your contentment is something I strive for thank you for continuing to show the way.
Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-10-02 10:13 PM

It took me many years to get here,Lori, and I don't blame it on getting old. I have worked on it. You'll find it. Thanks for being here, Lori.

~~ Those who are silent are the first to be shot. ~~

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2011-10-02 10:21 PM

There is so much to be said for being comfortable in our own company.

This is a real beauty of a poem, JP~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-10-02 10:25 PM

Appreciate you being here in my neck of the woods, Blues, and thanks a lot for your comments.

~~ Those who are silent are the first to be shot. ~~

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2011-10-03 03:17 AM

This has a contented and peaceful feel to it, Jerry, I think I have reached this place myself in the last few years.
Ida

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2011-10-03 07:00 AM

It is a good feeling, Ida, to know and understand oneself. Thanks.

~~ Those who are silent are the first to be shot. ~~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2011-10-03 02:52 PM

We run and run until our sides ache for breath... not knowing we seek the stillness until we find it... then know we've won the race. *S*

It was a delight sharing your swamp and the peacefulness. *S*

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2011-10-03 03:58 PM

Yep, we do seem to try to beat the devil in a mad dash for . . . Sometimes we forget what the charge ahead was all about . . . But eventually, hopefully, it comes to us. Thanks you, suthern.

~~ Those who are silent are the first to be shot. ~~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

9 posted 2011-10-04 08:24 PM

"I hear a quiet rustling in the foliage behind me
a nutria, maybe
or a gator
I don't allow it to disturb my peace
for peaceful is how I describe
this quiet time
on the bank of this bayou
in the moonlit night"

Nice write, but gator?
Yikes...

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2011-10-04 08:38 PM

I guess gator shouldn't be there, JL. I'll take it out.

~~ Those who are silent are the first to be shot. ~~

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