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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2012-06-14 06:30 AM

sitting here on the bank
of Bayou Lafourche
loneliness is a state of funk
lethargic water meanders slowly
toward its predestined end
I watch with fascination
the slow-moving bayou
its sole purpose
in life
swallowing deeply from the cask
of life's many tributaries
thinking how life is like
Bayou Lafourche
meandering through woe and glad
many different roads taken
many lives touched
some for the good
others for . . .
and, as the bayou rolls toward
its end
emptying into a larger body of water
can life's many roads be linked
to the bayou
these widely divergent roads
we trod
wearily at times
like an aged heavyweight
plodding toward the ring
fragile as a pristine old lady
past his prime
past his worth
are we like Bayou Lafourche
predestined
or have we really
had choices where we wanted to
wind up at the
end our life
forGodsolovedtheworld
thathegavehisonlybegottenson

or

are we merely conditioned
from birth

©Jerry Pat Bolton

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

chourouk
Member

since 2012-05-29

Posts 52

1 posted 2012-06-14 07:17 AM

I like your writting ..i like your calm
and i like your presence which makes
the page shine.
Your poem is distinguishing.

My respect
chourouk

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-06-14 07:20 AM

I thank you, chourouk, here's hoping you will have a good day.

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

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2012-06-14 07:43 AM

Enjoyed this walk with you and your ponderings. You ask good questions my friend.

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-06-14 08:38 AM

Thanks, Lori, I even have some answers, but probably more question.

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

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

5 posted 2012-06-14 09:48 AM

You again bring your picture to life ending with a great message to us all...I love the feel of this poem...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2012-06-14 10:47 AM

Many thanks, Karen. I still have all these questions. Probably will never figure them out, but still trying.

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

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