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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2015-12-31 12:38 PM

rummage intensely
into your bottomless
hover above the yawn
put there to conceal
what you need to find
sink into it, below yawn
and seek out integrity
and truth buried deep
your integrity and truth
the whole sum of you
recognize and accept
allow the real you to
mingle with your soul
soul we all have even
though aren't religious
inner spirits is our id
making contact with
your bottomless gives
you sincerity and gold
as you come away from
the yawn with new-found
sets of thought principle
you are now more ready
for the everyday zingers
which attack and sting
you have armor anew
for you have rummaged
intensely and found the
complete and bolder you

©December 6, 2015 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

1 posted 2015-12-31 01:07 PM

Good post Jerry P. I wonder how many really did yawn, not at the words you wrote, but the word "Yawn" repeated in my minds read. I actually did yawn. Now I have to go back and practice the steps you proposed. Smiling here, Jo

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2015-12-31 01:16 PM

Ahhh . . . What a fun comment you have given me, Jo. And you bet there will be a few yawns, I know I actually did it as I read your comments. And yep, you need to practice those steps fer sure . . .

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2015-12-31 01:45 PM

What a wonderful piece Jerry! I just marvel at how positive and spiritual you can be

~L

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2015-12-31 02:00 PM

Ahhh . . . Thanks, Lori, for your very perceptive comments! Happy Belated Birthday!

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (12-31-2015 07:34 PM).]

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2016-03-14 11:35 PM

Jerry, Can you believe this? I just reread your post and here I sit yawning again. What a slight thought can bring on. best to you, Jo

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

6 posted 2016-03-15 10:27 AM

Hey Jerry! This is really great!
A real good look into the inner self and coming away with a new found strength.
We can be down on our self but we can also be
proud of the good that we find, sometimes not even realizing it was there.

Loved it!

Lots of truth in it.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2016-03-15 12:55 PM

Thanks a lot, Eric. So happy you felt this poem. I basically have a positive attitude, but in my case it is very easy to slip back in the a defeatist mind-set. Again, thank you.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2016-03-15 12:58 PM

Hah! That is very funny Jo, but you are right about seeing the word yawn or seeing someone yawning cause absolutely cause us to yawn. I'm yawning

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

9 posted 2016-03-15 01:57 PM

I wish it could be that easy to find a bolder me, just yawn myself to sleep and there in that strange world of nightmares and dreams I'll encounter a new me..easy read but full of insights

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

10 posted 2016-03-15 02:09 PM

Hi Jerry. Not many people bother to "rummage intensely" but in your case you did and you found the benefits. I didn't yawn because I know it takes a lot of work to get "beyond the yawn". Still, I reckon I've already done the work although perhaps not enough and not hard enough. Good one!

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

11 posted 2016-03-15 02:14 PM

Appreciate your thoughtful thoughts on my poem, jjote, and while you are in "that strange world of nightmares and dreams," to find the new you, give it a smile and a fist bump.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

12 posted 2016-03-15 02:15 PM

Yes, Helen, it does take a lot of strength to stay "beyond the yawn." Heh.Heh

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

13 posted 2016-03-15 02:43 PM

Reading only once in a while but I had to stop and tell you, this still caused me to Yawn. Best to you, JO

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

14 posted 2016-03-15 02:50 PM

Heh.Heh You, Jo, are just a glutton for the yawn! Gotta love it.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

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