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JP
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 1343
Loomis, CA

0 posted 1999-08-12 03:47 PM

Sadness stops me in my tracks,
charging me for the food it eats,
using my soul as a smorgasbord.

Sorrow invades the stillness,
that once was my carefree mind,
upsetting the bounty of thought.

Sadness, sorrow, morose partners,
in the conspiracy to rob me,
of the joy of life and love.

To hell with sorrow and pity,
screw sadness with its petty whine,
gritty life abounds with or without.

Casting aside the shackles of despair,
throwing out the stench of tears,
stomp on the skull of gloom.

Beating despondency with vigor,
chasing melancholy from my heart,
shout the victory cry of cheer.

Joy's sacrosanctity confirmed,
Laughter's intoxication felt,
life grants me felicity.

Praise to the powers of being,
hail the spirits of the universe,
for allowing my life on this day.

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Dum spiro, spero
JP

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

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Hurricane Alley

1 posted 1999-08-12 03:51 PM

This is wonderful JP. I love the way your imagery made the gloom and doom give way to joy and thankfulness. Great!

JP
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 1343
Loomis, CA

2 posted 1999-08-12 03:54 PM

Thanks PDV, a funny thing happened on the way to the forum....

I began to write this piece because I was in a "Mood", about halfway through scripting this tome of depression and loathing, I felt like: "Oh forget this! Life is too short to wallow in despair, cowboy up!"

The poem thus turned out as you see here.

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Dum spiro, spero
JP

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

3 posted 1999-08-12 03:55 PM

JP......It's almost as though you were reading my mind today....You have no idea how much this meant to me today...And I'll do my best to adhere to it!

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

4 posted 1999-08-12 04:21 PM

Wonderfully said JP.

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"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with." *Mark Twain*

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 1999-08-12 04:39 PM

Great poem!

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

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6 posted 1999-08-12 07:00 PM

LOL...... JP, my friend... I've seen your moods swing many a time - but never midway through a poem......

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Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am done:
For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of thy wits,
Than I am sure I have in my whole five.
~ ²1592 Wm. Shakespeare ~ Romeo & Juliet ~ ii. iv. 75

JP
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 1343
Loomis, CA

7 posted 1999-08-13 11:50 AM

I put the grrrrrrr! in Swingerrrrr baby!

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Dum spiro, spero
JP

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