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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-10-21 07:28 AM

I've been around
downtown, uptown, all about.
Spent some time invested in Singapore Sling
floating in and out of reality.
Treaded water in the China Sea,
walked the killing streets
in the slums of New York City,
surviving and thriving, in a pimp's crib.
I've held the Holy Book in my sinful hand,
the other hand stretched toward Heaven.
Saved some folks that needed saving,
threw a few back that was jiving.
You might say I've been there, done that,
but one thing was constant,
wherever I was I was searching for you.
I've taken out advertisements in the personals
of every major city,
scoured the white and the
Real Yellow Pages.
my mind has raged and sobbed
with you in my thoughts, my heart
breaking into musty sediment.
And I'll not stop, I've places to go
to look and maybe you'll be there.
A lonely journey I've put upon myself.
Will I find you, are you there?
Maybe today, tomorrow, or when?
I don't know, the prospects are bad.
Some have told me if I would just stand still
you would find me.

©October 17, 2011 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-10-21 08:52 AM

Good one Jerry! Love the ending. Good morning!
Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-10-21 10:12 AM

Good morning, Lori, and thank ya.

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2011-10-21 11:19 AM

What a journey from long ago to today,
and who knows what the future has in store for your plight...
Nice write Jerry.

JL

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
"The future ain't what it used to be."
and
"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there."
~Yogi Berra

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

4 posted 2011-10-21 11:53 AM

Yeah, good old Yogi, he had a few of those gems. Thanks JL.

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2011-10-21 12:55 PM

I've often heard that love finds you when you stop looking for it. After such seeking, I hope it finds you... standing still or not.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2011-10-21 01:00 PM

Actually, suthern, this poem wasn't about me. My wife died almost three years ago, and I'm really not seeking companionship, but if it comes my way I shan't (love that word) run from it.

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

7 posted 2011-10-21 02:51 PM

I read this and want to say, "Been there, done that." Your ending proved right in my case... when I stopped looking, there it caught me. If it ever does catch up to you my friend, hold on with both hands and never let go. It will be the ride of your life.

Michael

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2011-10-21 03:33 PM

Thank you, Michael, and I hear you loud and clear.

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

9 posted 2011-10-21 09:13 PM

oh this is superb writing JerryPat2... I loved it!!

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2011-10-21 09:35 PM

Roniece, (love that name) thank you so much for the kind words attributed to my poem. Gotta love it!

~* The saddest words of tongue or pen are the words It might have been.--John Greenleaf Whittier ~*~

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