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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-11-24 07:07 PM

losing yourself in a mirror
dreaming of what could have been
if you could get back
on life's stage
and redo everything
would you still be singing
brokenhearted songs
may as well
just continue to dance to whot
brought you here
what's done, my man is done
didn't yo mamma
tell you nothing

©November 22, 2014 ? Jerry Pat Bolton

If they give you ruled paper write sideways.

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

1 posted 2014-11-24 08:42 PM

JerryP A good poem.I just cannot relate because I really had a great life. Marrying at sixteen and raising a large family was a good thing.I wish you could have had the same jo

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-11-24 09:32 PM

Yeah, thank you, Jo, it just wasn't in the cards for me. I'm so glad your life was so wonderful for you. I truly am.

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BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2014-11-24 09:40 PM

My mama told me not to back peddle...

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-11-24 09:43 PM

Eh . . . I know Blues, I still do it from time to time, but never with the intensity and guilt I used to have about the past.

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

5 posted 2014-11-24 11:14 PM

Life hands out whatever it has in the cards, my friend, and I had to chuckle at this because, though poignant, it smacks of the joke mirrors play . . . jokes we're silly enough to indulge in.

cool piece,

jimmy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2014-11-25 06:32 AM

The best part about you rattling around in your past is it distracts me from mine.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2014-11-25 07:46 AM

If me talking about my past keeps you from visiting yours, Lori, makes me feel I've done a good job.

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JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

8 posted 2014-11-25 11:28 AM

I hear ya, my friend.
I lived in one of those mirrors for a long time.
It can be a lonely place because the only one there is the person reflecting.

As always, nice write!

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

9 posted 2014-11-25 12:01 PM

Yeah you're right, JL. I lived in one for too many years (decades), but no longer. I have conquered my dark, but I still write dark here and there, but I no longer let it dominate me. Thank you for being here.

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Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

10 posted 2014-11-29 05:43 AM

Old age does seem to be haunted by the past
even when we try to push it away and not think about it.
Ida

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

11 posted 2014-11-29 07:41 AM

Well, it is "our" past and it is hard not to think about it. I see nothing wrong with going back unless it becomes an obsession. Thank you Ida, for being here.

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Gale
Senior Member

since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

12 posted 2014-11-29 01:29 PM

A good question, Jerry!
I think I wouldn't change anything in my past, although I can't call my life very successful. I still don't understand many things, but I haven't moved to the cemetry yet.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

13 posted 2014-11-29 01:58 PM

Oh, I have more things to remember than I sometimes need I believe. Still, the memories are what made whatever I am today. Heh.Heh

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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

14 posted 2014-11-29 08:24 PM

Once your realize life IS a stage, that need to get back to it seems to dissipate. But then, my needs have never been anything close to what I have witnessed in others. Nice contemplation, Jer.

Michael

Gale
Senior Member

since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

15 posted 2014-11-29 08:37 PM

"Still, the memories are what made whatever I am today."
Well said )
I would change it a bit concerning myself:
Still, my actions are what made whatever I am today. That's why I wouldn't deny my past even its bitter part - maybe I know not everything, maybe I know only a little, but if I did another things, who knows, I could miss what I have realized, but it's a valuable knowledge for me.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

16 posted 2014-11-29 09:17 PM

Yeah, I sorta like your rephrasing of what I said. Thank you Gale.

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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

17 posted 2014-11-29 10:04 PM

Ah Michael, your needs are shared by others, never feel that that aren't. It's just that the "others" refuse to put their own hearts out there as do you. I relate pretty much. Thank you for stopping by.

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