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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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 a man alone the game of life nearly up for him he stands on the craggy cliff of uncertainty just one man among many searching for his lost footprints they were there only yesterday or maybe it was the day before within his thought the man hears the screams that should have nothing to do with him but they do grim reaper is close at hand he knows it he understands it he sheds not one tear he only wishes he could find his lost footsteps ©June 9, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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luminosity Senior Member
since 2005-11-18
Posts 813 |
wow gonna have to think on this one for a while......very powerful |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Appreciate the read and the comment. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Good stuff Jerry Like Sinatra, regrets I've had a few. Can't change some things but can't lose the memory of them and always wonder from time to time about all those old woulda, coulda, shoulda things. Makes ya human and glad you can even wonder about the lost footsteps. Jerry Poe I'm sure you know...... Take care Eric true love never looks after it's own interests |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, Eric, you always seem to know just what to say. Yeah, I have some regrets, but I have made peace with them and some incident that go further even than regrets. I am a happy man heading toward my mid-seventies (two years), and am as healthy as modern miracles can make me. Thank you, man. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Startime1955 Senior Member
since 2012-04-22
Posts 1072Alberta, Canada |
Jerry...I love this...I believe that we all have some regrets but still we wouldn't be who we are without how we have lived and learned...love the write and thoughts it brought to mind...*grin* nothing wrong with seventy something...*BIG HUGS* *may our dreams ever be magical* |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
If that's a recent picture of you my friend you sure are leading into the mid seventies looking like your in your fifties. I'll have to have a drink to your health cause these days you're really doing well. Eric true love never looks after it's own interests |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Karen, and no, there isn't anything wrong with seventy something as long as you still can move on your own and can still think. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Eric, the photo is three years old, so I was seventy when it was taken. Yeah, I've been lucky I guess in aging as I have. No complaints yet. Thanks for having that drink, I'll be toasting you with some cheap California burgundy in about an hour myself. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
yeppers! lookin' good  for sureI guess I'm in a mood to say Thank God I can't find my footprints! Too many bad memories they would conjure up. Sad poem though, and I relate, but today is today, and tomorrow is tomorrow, and well, yesterday is gone. Footprints never stay long. Thanks for making me think a little today. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes indeed, passing shadows, thank YOU for taking the time to read and think and comment, it was great reading on this end. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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ebonygirl Member Elite
since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000California U.S.A |
Those footsteps have a long way yet to go, JP! I have a feeling you are enjoying life now more than ever. Smiles, Ms. E |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
You know what, Ms E? You are absolutely correct, I am as happy this minute as I ever remember being before. I'm so glad I didn't grow into a disgruntled and miserable old fart. Thank you for saying such a nice thing. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Plenty to think about, Jerry and you can rest assured that you are not the only one thinking about it. I think your poem speaks for all of us. Ida |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Jerry I am half past 80 and can still kick up my heels if I so choose. Keep on running. no rgrets. jo |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Good morning, Ida, and thank you for your comments. You are right, of course. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I hear you talking, jo, and thanks for reading and commenting on my work. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Many of us face the end looking back. I myself seem to be foremost among them, but I have a sneaking suspicion a little more attention could be paid to where we're going. Or at least invested in a new pair of shoes, in my case. Always enjoy your ponderings... we ride the save wavelengths much of the time it seems. Michael |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yeah, we do meander around the same wavelengths, Michael. I'm not always looking back, but when you get a certain age there is just more to look back for than there is to look ahead. Thanks for stopping by. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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