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poetically ghetto
Member

since 2004-01-20

Posts 100

0 posted 2013-09-17 09:00 PM

I seek guidance
on this troubled path.
The wrath of my laugh
has provided a clash
with the serious tone
that was deep in my bones.
There was a choice
that had to be made.
Live for the future
or live for today.

[an aside I don't bother with my yesterdays]

Now this path was divided in two
without a clue as to what I should do.
When there from my left came a plight.
A plight which would dare me to write.
Then there from my right came a man
A msn with a pen and a plan.

The man spoke and told me his name.
I realized my name was the same.
Eric you must comprehend
Iv'e been where it is
you now stand.
I faced this decision once to
I stepped to my left
and was played for the fool.

I figured by looking ahead
the plight would take flight
and I would reach for new heights.
The one thing
that iv'e learned my friend
is make due with the matters at hand.

Tomorrow will come
but today
this pen will inspire the way.

eric Martinez
2013

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-09-17 09:10 PM

Forget the past, easier said that done, live for the day and don't take much stock on tomorrow. This is vert good, Eric.

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

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

2 posted 2013-09-17 09:18 PM

the poem of the poets life experiences and ensuing revelation which brought good into your life, an example for some out here still struggling

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

3 posted 2013-09-17 09:28 PM

Sometimes that pen is life itself, my friend and today IS, without a doubt, all we have because tomorrow is so uncertain, yesterday is dead, and today . . . today, we pray for better.

j.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2013-09-17 10:18 PM

I just feel like saying all we really have is now...James

poetically ghetto
Member

since 2004-01-20

Posts 100

5 posted 2013-09-18 12:28 PM

thanx for all the kind remarks and insights and yes emma rose I like to believe that the beauty is in the struggle that is where true strength abides

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