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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-04-20 06:46 PM

I have come to a spot
where I can put my feet up
rest from my travels
it has taken me my whole life
to get to this point
eh, existence is what you pay
into your existence
me . . .
I have paid my dues
have undergone heartache
even with the ones who
I was intimate with
and times when I was by myself
a wearer of many hats
always meandering through life
carrying a ravenous nucleus
one of those guys
who can pretty much say
been there, done that
at times I was intoxicated
with pleasure
other moments I cowered
in dark alleys of complete despair
I am part and parcel
of the delightful and the dreadful
always on the move
afraid to linger
to rust away and die
life piled on top of me
again and again and . . .
until here I am
not much left of the person I was remains
still live by the
ticking of the clock
awaiting the hour when the ticking
shall cease
in that never-ending silence
outside the far perimeters of human reflection

©March 24, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2014-04-20 07:25 PM

Well JP I think this is one of your best!!
Your introspection is honest and sincere.
I see myself and yes, the sting of regrets
I wish I didn't have...but now that I no longer have
my whole life in front of me, I take an enormous amount of comfort in the wisdom I have gained. After all these years....
Hats off to you good poet.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2014-04-20 07:27 PM

fine introspective 'write!' ...

"I am part and parcel
of the delightful and the dreadful" ...

Aren't we all ?!!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2014-04-20 07:34 PM

Thank you so much, Lori, I too feel very good at the "wisdom I have gained," as I continue toward the void.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-04-20 07:35 PM

We are just weary souls trying to maintain, Bruce. Thanks for being here.

~*~ Love is friendship set on fire. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2014-04-21 06:20 AM

"in that never-ending silence
outside the far perimeters of human reflection"

Bruce commented on my first favorite line. And this last line is a doozey! You always save the best for last.

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2014-04-21 07:07 AM

Thank you Lori, I appreciate your thoughts on my poem.

~*~ Why is bra singular and panties plural. ~*~

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

7 posted 2014-04-21 02:02 PM

tick tick tick

I hear you, mabe the more ticks, the more
wisdom and self acceptance, as was reflected in your valuable poem

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2014-04-21 02:08 PM

Oh, there is no doubt that as I continue to age I am having more "wisdom and self acceptance" than at any time in my life, Emma. Thank you so much for your kind comments.

~*~ Why is bra singular and panties plural? ~*~

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