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The White Candle
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The White Candle |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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This will be the last of the poems on the subject . . . I’m not fearful whatever the cosmos has given me to deal with . . . I’ve dealt with it everything is transitory anyway have to say this finally tracked my real mother down Mary Turnage the father? who the hell knows seems I inherited his will-o-wisp lifestyle my father . . . distant thunder elusive never able to touch or feel just from absent(like me) parents travels on my mother . . . Mary Turnage in the family way hitchhiking outta Shreveport, LA (so I was told) I think it’s a lie . . . a lie among many lies there is a Mary Turnage on Facebook I sent a friends request . . . twice I was ignored wonder if it was because I told her I thought her grandmother, or mother gave birth to me? don’t know she refused to give me the time of day eh . . . matters not I console myself down here in the swamps of Louisiana with its mushroom-like moon cypress stumps and critters . . . some mean and evil ahhh . . . I am over all that now the wondering . . . I’m here . . . I’m who I am this Louisiana swamp comforts me protects me even I believe this is a rainy location I feel security from the rains presence this is the best place I’ve ever lived in a strange way it takes the place of my absent parents ah, don’t really expect people to understand that matters not I’m finally where I need and want to be a large white candle will be lit after I’m done with this poem it is for me it is for those I have touched in my life ©July 20, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Hi there, I'm sorry your maternal mother walked ahead, but yanno, maybe she did you a much bigger favor then you realize... something to think about, hope this helps... when I was little had a cousin who felt so badly for me, b/c I didn't have a father...he told me so, once when we were fishing...I assured him, please don't feel badly, b/c you cannot miss what you've never known....and it's true...I had so so many great positive influences in my life, that it really didn't matter to me. Hope this helps you some.... Hugs |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, Lee, your thoughts are overwhelming. Thank you kindly . . . Yes, they helped. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Ari Squire Member Posts 488 In The Phallus Lane |
To me my friend Jerry, it's not as much who loved you, but rather who you love that matters. It can keep you from perpetuating something you never had and leaving a vacuum where there should be an air of love with all its flora and scents. You're a strong man Jerry with a gifted pen, which means you have a lot of heart. Stay strong and leave with a smile so wide your teeth fall out. Loving Linny Jean is poetry. |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"I’m finally where I need and want to be a large white candle will be lit after I’m done with this poem it is for me it is for those I have touched in my life" Excellent!! Enjoyed the message... 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. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks much, JL. I think I have finally buried what I have been carrying around since I was sixteen years old.. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Bravo to you and your candle, you have come a long way to light it. Your journey has never been easy, but had it been, you'd not had anything to move you to write for all these many wonderful years. You have managed to make an amazing amount of lemonade from your life's lemons. Write on! ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Sorry I missed you yesterday, Ari . . . I've been having some trouble with AT@T . . . A lot of trouble actually, and haven't been able to think straight. Thank you for your wonderful comments. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Lori, Lori, Lori . . . Your thoughts and words have completely touched me. Thank you so much. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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