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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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0 posted 2011-11-10 02:27 PM



I looked out for myself,
sopping up life through jaundiced eyes;
collecting misery,
thought it was the only way to go.

Hurting and giving pain,
eagerly causing tears,
a manly thing to do,
rejoicing in anguish . . . their anguish.

Seeing despair and misery,
on the face in the mirror looking back,
those I had hurt,
caused a Dorian Grey effect.

My existence fraught with self-doubt,
lashing out, a way to conceal,
the hidden, tortured soul,
better their tears than mine.

Smiling faces,
turned to ugly caricatures of themselves,
made my day,
better them than me.

Show me your wretchedness,
let me revel in it,
beat your breast in your sorrow,
not understanding my glee.

Don't offer me happiness,
nope, have not the time or inclination,
I will consume it,
turn it into waste.

I spread my sadness,
across this great land,
Johnny Appleseed of woe,
just seemed the right thing to do.

© Copyright 2011 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
suthern
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1 posted 2011-11-10 03:43 PM


My existence fraught with self-doubt,
lashing out, a way to conceal,
the hidden, tortured soul,
better their tears than mine.

Tender beneath the tough, hurt beneath the hatefulness... I wonder how many lash out to conceal.

Very poignant write!!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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2 posted 2011-11-10 03:54 PM


Can't help but hurt for you here my friend.
hugs..I will assume life is better these days.

Lori

JerryPat2
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3 posted 2011-11-10 03:55 PM


Thank you, suthern, a little different poem from me I guess.

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Thank you Lori.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

Margherita
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4 posted 2011-11-11 05:26 AM


"Absorbing my soul" is a fantastic title, dear Jerry. Your awareness is heartwrenching as it analyzes the past. Now you breathe a new air supplied by your very soul, which has never been less than perfect.

Great work.

Love,
Margherita

JerryPat2
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5 posted 2011-11-11 07:16 AM


Thank you for your heartwarming comments, Margherita.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

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