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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2016-06-29 12:23 PM

Like transparency of the echo
Common sense is plummeted
Into silence . . .

You must reject contrition;
Regrets are a waste of time,
They lead you to the flame
Of sorrow. How can you
Taste sorrow on your tongue,
Like ashes of foul deeds
Dropping like pebbles when
You're not the same person
You used to be back in tha day.

You must stop this
Smiting of your soul for
things in the past gone bad.

Your very acts of sorrow
Confirms you are not the
Same as you were in those
Black days. Why then do you
Allow the evil creature to
Visit you in your dark and
Hidden places?

You are automatically
Reprieved by the very act
Of growing into who you
Are. You have left the other
You in its rightful foul place.
Why then, is this constant,
Drip by cutting drip allowed
To give you inner turmoil?

Ah, there is an unbroken sigh
Of harmony within you which
Allows you to separate who you
Are now from who you were then.

©March 31, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2016-06-29 01:03 PM

Really good poem and a wonderful message JP. Life is truly a balancing act.

Happy day Mister.

Ari Squire
Member
Posts 488
In The Phallus Lane

2 posted 2016-06-29 01:17 PM

A great read Jerry. Your intuitiveness and experience always shines through your work. It's one thing to have a past, quite another to be living in it. I try to avoid the latter, but sometimes it catches up with me when I'm sleeping.

More feelings and fewer words please

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2016-06-29 01:33 PM

Thank you much, Blues. Yep, we have to find a way to make things within our lives balance. It is those peaks and valleys that tend to sidetrack us.

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

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2016-06-29 01:35 PM

I agree with you, Ari, on not living the past. I'm afraid I actually do at times. Just can't keep myself away from them.

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

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

5 posted 2016-06-29 03:25 PM

AMEN, Brother!
Great write.

"Like transparency of the echo
Common sense is plummeted
Into silence . . ."

This line, Perfect.

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

6 posted 2016-06-29 03:35 PM

Hi JL, good to see you around again . . . I so appreciate your kind words in regard to my poem . . .

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

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