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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2017-01-27 12:41 PM

Drifting
The quagmire
in which I was stuck
ended last night . . .
00:00:01 hours -
One second into 2017
all things that were 2016,
now the past -
or so I'm trying to
convince myself. -
is no longer relevant.

I've drifted, over night,
from a failed plane of existence
to wearing diapers
in another, and yet,
I'm already deeply buried
in Dante's terrible Inferno,
scratching and clawing,
trying to lift my soul
to a better place.

And now it's almost midnight,
first day of the new year
is gasping it's last,
and I'm still drifting
through the garbage
of all the years before.

Twenty Seventeen - A new year . . .

and nothing has changed.

© wesley james beard, jr.
january 1, 2017

(Note: Lori, JerryPat and Daysofview - didn't realize I was posting in OP 49 - left each of you a comment there)

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2017-01-27 01:19 PM

Yep, I saw your comment and answered ya. Thanks.

This new year is going to be a good one for me, as was 2016. I have come to a place in my life that have left that quagmire behind. I am at peace with myself and the world. Besides, I have started writing another novel. Attaboy!

Good to see you again.

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

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2017-01-27 01:47 PM

Thanks for the words Jerry - as with you last year was a pretty good year for me and mine . . . looking forward to more of the same this year...

j

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

3 posted 2017-01-27 02:54 PM

So glad to see you two looking forward to a good year coming.

Me, not really.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2017-01-27 04:29 PM

Same ship different day, one foot after the other, don't forget to breathe...

I really related to this one.

ya done good!~L

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

5 posted 2017-01-27 10:01 PM

hi jeswley, your poem is questionning for me, who feel the time passing, your expérience means a lot, hope 2017 will erase totally 2016 and you will finally smile

have a food day

yann

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

6 posted 2017-01-30 04:42 AM

Many will relate to this, well penned my friend xx

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2017-02-07 08:02 PM

enjoyed reading this...james

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