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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2012-05-20 06:01 AM

Acrimony comes to the top, cementing itself inside you
Gaining access to your deepest, most carefully hidden thoughts
It unearths previously forgotten missteps
Affecting the way you choose to think as the pain becomes your all
Your eyes leaking crimson anguish, flowing dementedly toward your chin
You thought you could control the beast of aloneness
By locking it inside where no one goes
How could you have known demons have keys to those special places
Sent to devastate you from the fires of Hades
Your innerself is no novice when it comes to pain
And pain's assorted cousins, agony, misery and all the rest
You know where to go, and how to get there
Although you know of this place it is a part of yourself
Whose porch you've not assailed yourself, but now is the time
To stagger into this world within a world inside your mind
Hopefully tranquility can conquer these unbalanced and pain-wrought
Mental pictures which drill deep into your deepest being
Rage to Ravage is unleashed by you, you need its strength
To fight your demons, to get to the porch, to unlock the door
You're racing against the shadowy evil within
They're reaching out to you, consuming you their goal
You're on the porch, you've the key to unlock the door
You scream a scream never heard by the living
When you realize the door to safety
Has been cemented up

©May 9, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2012-05-20 09:00 AM

Wow! This is a powerful piece, Jerry. Hits you where you live.
Ida

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-05-20 09:21 AM

Hi, Ida. Yeah, it was written one day as I traveled back in time and thought of something I hadn't thought of in many years. Thank your for being here in my strange, at times, world.

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

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

3 posted 2012-05-20 09:28 AM

I'm sure you left a hammer hidden away, JP.
Now's the time to use it.
Cool poem, JP.
ms.e

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-05-20 09:39 AM

Yes, MS E, I have a hammer and have been chipping away. I'm good. Everything has been taken care of, just needed to write the poem for some needed therapy. Thank you so much for being here.

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

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

5 posted 2012-05-20 03:59 PM

So very powerful...I am working at unlocking my past and sometimes I want things cememted in where I do not have to see or feel them...but breack it down we must so we can understand better...This poem had a big affect on me...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2012-05-20 05:13 PM

Karen. I finally confronted everything back in October of last year. It ain't pretty, but it's vital to settle your mind about it all. Good luck, I know you can do it. If I can (took me decades) anybody can.

Thanks for being here.

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

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

7 posted 2012-05-20 07:29 PM

so glad i came here today. makes a heart shine and a soul sing praise

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2012-05-20 07:56 PM

I'm happy to see you here myself, MGROVES, thank you very much for stopping by.

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

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

9 posted 2012-05-20 08:25 PM

"When you realize the door to safety
Has been cemented up"

Nice write, Jerry. Loved that closing line too...

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 2012-05-20 08:38 PM

Thanks, JL, good to see you here.

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

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