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The Past No Mas, No Mas
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The Past No Mas, No Mas |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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okay, I've given up on who I used to be my past isn't me anymore belongs to that person I used to be not me now it all seems like a ephemeral dream that I have found myself visiting and writing about far too long the present is all I have and all I want with an occasional peek into tomorrow all those broken hearts and vows I am grateful I was able through poetry to exorcise my demons but now . . . now that they are gone there is nothing to remember anymore finis ©July 12, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
wow ... glad to hear that someone was able to "exorcise their demons through poetry" ... hasn't worked for me [particularly the 'great darkness' of the Nam era]. In my case being so 'compelled to write' may itself be a 'demon?!' |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Yes, no longer of the past. So strange it is that the past, so deeply rooted and anchored can slip away and we see ourselves becoming a different person. Much enjoyed, Misc |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Don't forget to remember the good times you have written of my friend.... Lori  |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
definitely cathartic and therapeutic come to mind and I do relate, good work here |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I'll remember them, Lori, but just won't write of them anymore. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh I absolutely know that cathartic and therapeutic are working hand in hand with me, Emma. Thank you. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
A turning of the page... and YOU get to write this next one. Beautiful concept.Michael |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yup. That's about the size of it, Michael, thank you. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
the present is all I have and all I want with an occasional peek into tomorrow It takes a strong person to let the past go and not just accept what is, but want it. Congratulations... on both achieving that... and an excellent write about it! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
suthern, I believe I have waxed overly so about my morbid and dark past. There comes a time when you just must go on, either that are become someone who is tethered to the dark and the darkness alone. I'm an old guy these days, but I look forward to what comes next, whatever in hell that may be. Thank you so much for making my day three different times today. That has never happened I don't think. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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