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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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thoughts of mine have drawn boundaries self survival lines spread out like a spider's silken web my thoughts have become my isthmus by my imagination and the self survival of me powerful words to live by still . . . boundaries tend to box you inside the prison you've given yourself and . . . if you are not careful boundaries will completely engulf you into an extreme black hole with all escape hatches painted glumly refusing the independence you desperately realize you have to have ©January 22, 2015 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (01-30-2016 05:04 PM).] |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Once again you have written a very introspective poem, powerfully penned and thought provoking, dear Jerry. Sometimes we tend to build boundaries and they can become a prison indeed. While it is great to be independent, we also have a profound need to interact with the outside world. Actually we have to learn to reach out and communicate with others, it is enriching. Of course there are people who are eremites at heart, but human nature has the ability to find the right balance between extremes. I think your boundaries are not of the dangerous kind, dear Jerry, because you write and that means you love to share with others your works and your feelings. So let's stay away from the black abyss of self imposed prisons and let's signal the escape doors in bright sunny colors ... Love and peace. Margherita  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
You got it, Margherita, my days of black, despairing boundaries are over, thank goodness. I look for the light, but recognize completely and watch out for the dark among us. Thank you so much for you your understanding comments. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I guess we build those boundaries from many different circumstances. Your poem is so true because we have tendency to keep our guard up by isolating ourselves. A lot of things, some terrible, some good, affect us in this life. I think we have to be hard and soft at almost the same time. Oxymoron plus.....! Don't mind me....LOL! However, isolation is never the answer. No matter how hard we try we end up needing each other. Sometimes simple commendation puts us on top of the world so we shouldn't hold back from commending others who deserve just the same. true love never looks after it's own interests |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Couldn't agree more, Eric. We do have a great need to protect ourselves, sometimes not even knowing why. It is just a mechanical reaction to what befalls us in this life. Its like we are on a never-ending merry-go-round. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Boundaries...Don't like them but I guess we all have to deal with them. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yep, boundaries are a part of Th our lives, like them or not. Even in those two lost decades of mine I had boundaries, although most people would declare by my observing my actions I had not, but I most certainly did. Thank you Ida. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
I agree JP But poetry can, and does take away the walls of the box...by writing we show there is no bounderies. Sometimes we become like a Mime, though.. Signing with our hands the binding sides of a box that is not there. "Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh, you are absolutely correct, Ice, poetry can, and does, dissolve many of our boundaries. I am a living testament to that fact. Many thanks for your kind response. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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