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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2014-05-31 07:58 PM

dawning of a new day
or close of a day already spent
we feel an excitement
matters not, matters not
we are but passersby
we're here for an instant
and gone for eternity
if we think upon that thought
and let it die a slow death
we rob thought of substance
we walk though the forest road
a sense of quiet takes hold
to what used to make us sad
we pause on our journey
find a distorted cypress stump
we sit upon its roots
listening to nature's song
we don't know how we got here
don't know how long we'll stay
we enjoy the moment
empty our mind
of what used to clutter it
it’s about sincerity
we put pettiness aside
breathe in earth's perfume
listen to nature's voice
beauty surrounds ours to behold
mists from slow-moving bayou
the aroma of pine
where salamanders dig
do we believe in God
at times such as this; yes we do

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (06-01-2014 08:35 AM).]

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2014-05-31 09:18 PM

This 'write' is an especially fine expression of the 'now-ist' philosophy and about the magic and majesty
of Nature ... especially the wilderness (which Thoreau called the 'salvation of man'). The 'past' is
irrevocable ... the 'future' is as yet powerless to be born ... we have only the grand-scintillating 'now' of
infinitely positive potentialities in which to paint the world in bright-delicious colors.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-05-31 09:56 PM

Thank you very much for your in-depth comment, Bruce I so appreciate it. I can only agree with the "now" concept, because as greater men than I have said in their own way, now is all we have.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2014-05-31 11:42 PM

"we pause on our journey
find a distorted cypress stump
we sit upon its roots
listening to nature's song"

I hear the bhaar-rump bhaar-rump of an old toad...
at least, in my mind, that is how I remember the song....

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

4 posted 2014-06-01 01:30 AM

this is a very fine penning, the kind of moments it described gives back my soul to my soul, thanks for sharing

yann

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2014-06-01 07:08 AM

Thanks Karilea and Yann.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

6 posted 2014-06-01 02:26 PM

For once I can truely relate to something leaning toward the lighter side. Wow, I'd call that progress.

Nice reflection, Jer. I've missed ya bud.

Michael

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2014-06-01 02:31 PM

Thanks Michael, good to see you around . . .

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

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