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The Past
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The Past |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America 
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the past strange how the past makes its presence known suddenly without warning I see a face Nanette tonight I'm sitting in front of my desk Zoe lying on the sofa staring my way I'm trying to make sense of my novel she's trying to make sense of me I’m covering up things trying not to think certain things hiding them pushing them in the back of my thoughts she has no such dilemma Zoe is not a hider of secrets as am I at times such as these my past thrusts itself forward my past much more past than future I think of good times swimming at Jones Beach almost swept out to sea by its current Jones Beach brings into focus Nanette oh, how would I like to . . . no use going there she is in Heaven if there is a Heaven Nanette is there I ache with her memory I cringe about other things the past not all so sad for a rebel, I managed happiness for short periods of time but when I was happy it was intense happiness could have done better sure couldn't we all the past strange how the past makes its presence known suddenly without warning I see a face sometimes it is Marionette sometimes it is Dottie sometimes it is . . . the past I don't let it consume me still . . . the past is here to stay ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
I can feel your pain in remberance of past things good and bad. But, without our past we can not be our present self. Kat >^..^< |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Absolutely, Kat. I wasn't crying. I have been there. Done that. Just remembering. I agree with you, our past is us. Thank you for stopping by and reading my offering. ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
sad but beautifully written...i can relate to this one.... the past is still part of ourselves and so it remains....very well done, JerryPat Faith There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Appreciate the read and comment, Faith. Yep, we all have something in common, the past. Even the young has a past. In that was they are kinship with us over the hill bunch.(Smile when you say that, pardner.) ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
always a pleasure, JerryPat...you know i love your work  There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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tkd123 New Member
since 2011-01-25
Posts 5 |
A wonderful commentary on how the past affects us all. Wonderful writing! |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thank you, tkd123, for being in a part of my world. ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Yep, the past 'IS' here to stay. However, it would be a life full of senility without it....smile... Love how you captured your reflections in this Jerry. Some painful, some happy but always there to remind you who you are....Happens to all of us and you got the point across well. Eric Forget the Psychiatrists they just find out all about you and sell you back to yourself! |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
I guess, Eric, that some of us spend more time than others about their past because we made more mistakes than others. There is a line we must not cross when we think of our passes, and that line is pity. I have overcome that emotion and am better for it. Thank you kindly for being here. ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
I love your work too Jerry. You are pretty gutsy when it comes to holding up your painful past for us to see...and without pity. Your wisdom is showing Lori |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Good morning Lori. thank you very much for your kind words. I'm not all that positive about the wisdom, but at least the past doesn't bring me as much pain as it used to. I have finally, after all this time, come to grips with it. I think me "airing the dirty laundry" has help me do that. ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
I love this poem, especially the 3rd last line which affirms not crossing the line of self-pity. You have not only been airing your dirty laundry, but washing it too before airing it, and it is now starting to smell of sunshine and fresh, fresh air. Owl |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Self pity is destructive and I have never really gone there, Owl, except maybe once, maybe twice, but it never lasted long. I loathe that emotion probably more than any humans can have. Yep, airing the dirty laundry after I wash it, a very good way of putting it. Thank you. ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
this reminds me of what a wise man once told me, "senility is simply losing one’s ways along the pathway of the past" ...enjoyed your words...they make for a very thoughtful write |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Thanks you, steavenr, for your nice words about my poem. ~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. ~ |
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