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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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okay, we live we die between the two extremes to keep us from struggling in dark hidden places we come out of that womb wanting everything! we grab at life and hang tough er . . . some of us sooner rather than later seeks out dark lonely places and hides from life instead of facing up to and standing firm we close our eyes retreat further into that corner of our own making and watch the world go by like a whispered hiss even so the one who grabs at whatever life can give him or the one who never gave life a chance near the end facing the ultimate in life which is death both of us mouth the age old semantic question what's it all about Alfie? ©December 12, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Good one, Jerry! And the question of course remains unanswered, that is, we have tried in many ways, but what do we actually know? Meanwhile we better live life, just as you say, because in the dark corners we can't move ahead ... And as it is Christmas today, we may add that the true motor of life is LOVE. Out of love come all things, my motto. Merry Christmas. Margherita  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ahh . . . A very Merry Christmas to you, sweet Margherita, hope your day is good. Thank you for your profound thoughts on my poem. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Alfie doesn't know either. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I don't think Alfie does know, Ida. Thanks for the chuckle. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
We all have our own, dark, lonely places. To get out of the darkness, we need to recognise ourselves, and get angry with those who condemn us. THEY ARE NO BETTER! Their hypocrisy would have kept the Titanic afloat. Do you know, when my daughter was ten years old, she had a birthday party. And she was being hugged, in a photo, by Juliet. Juliet died at the age of ten, and her parents, devoutly religious, wrote on her grave:'JULIET, SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS.' Does Alfie know? I doubt even their God knows. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Redstart, I found my peace, finally, in October 2009. I am no longer the man I was in the previous years of October 2009. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Well...ya know people who talk like they know what it is all about (Except for those who say it is all about love) we usually consider to be bat crap crazy.(that is why I keep my theories to myself) |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Yes Jerry, "we come out of that womb wanting everything!" we grab at life and hang tough" I came out much too early.I guess I really wanted to be out of the womb and start living.Alas that meant being in an incubator for a while.Lucky me as Dad brought mother's milk to the hospital and I thrived. Tenacious even then.I took the world as it was and hung on. Tried to make the best of every situation since that giant leap for from tiny babe. Life is good. Hang on Jerry Hang on, Jo |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Okay Lori, since I now know I'm considered bat crap crazy, guess I'll quit going into anything like I did here again. Thanks for straightening me out . . . ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
You had a hard way to go from the get-go Jo. But you hung on and kept on. And you are still thriving with that attitude. Thanks for your back history this morning. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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