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Abe
Senior Member

since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2010-02-07 02:36 PM

Puttin' It Away

There's no alarm in the morning
I can sleep, until I wake
No chores, unless I want to
And, no money left to make.

No more wishing, that I had things
If I don't have them, now
There's no sense in trying to learn
If I don't already know, just how.

I retired my old heart
And put my love away
Wondering, where my soul will go
When, it comes my judgment day.

No more dreaming of tomorrow
To look down that road, to see
Just knowing that I've traveled
As far, as, I'm going to be.

The sunrise is blinding
And my visions are a blur
And the full moon is scary
As I feel those ancient urges, stir.

I retired my old heart
And put my love away
Wondering, where my soul will go
When, it comes my judgment day.

The years are running down
As the seconds, tick, the clock
And the hours pass, so quickly
As I inventory, my stock.

The memories start to fade
And, all those faces, too
No wondering where I'm going
Or what, I'm going to do.

I retired my old heart
And put my love away
Wondering, where my soul will go
When, it comes my judgment day.

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2010-02-07 09:19 PM

Yo Abe,

Never worry about your soul. It always manages to do what it wants, and takes care of its own business.

Bobby

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

2 posted 2010-08-10 09:30 PM

Memories may fade but sometimes chance, paper and photographs keep a memory alive.

katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

3 posted 2010-08-12 03:06 AM

I like your style. Love the rhymes. Enjoyed!
Kat >^..^<

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

4 posted 2010-08-12 08:43 AM

VERY well said!

especially fine ending ...

MUCH sustained applause for this 'penning' !!

Nocturnal Pulse
Member

since 2010-08-12

Posts 84
Australia

5 posted 2010-08-12 09:03 AM

Brilliant, poignant finish.

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