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RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

0 posted 1999-12-08 07:10 PM

Suffering in Silence

The old man,
rocking chair bound,
thinks to times
of vigor
and chores to be done
then wonders what day
this really is
and how long
he has been sleeping.
Because today has an obscurity-
some untouchable reality
that cannot cut through
the memories
of the prime of life.
So in this blurring
of the present
there is a silence
that is deafening
and for it
he must suffer.

Robert

if you can dream; you can fly...if you are flying; you are dreaming.

Marilyn
Member Elite

since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

1 posted 1999-12-08 07:56 PM

Interesting perspective my friend. To look to much at the past is living what is lost. Good work..

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

2 posted 1999-12-08 09:59 PM

This is excellent, Robert. Very well done.

Denise

Sally S.
Senior Member

since 1999-06-07

Posts 847
Ohio

3 posted 1999-12-08 10:09 PM

How sad! I really don't believe all of those in late adulthood succumb to this...and thank heavens for that. ~sigh~ There are those who do, sadly enough. My hope is to look back upon my life with fondess, realize that I lived a full and adventurous one and never lose the ability to fend for myself. Hmmmmmmm...well, it is my hope.

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

4 posted 1999-12-08 10:13 PM

Depressingly real, Robert.

To the world you might be just one person but to one person you might just be the world.

RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

5 posted 1999-12-08 10:22 PM

I know Balladeer.... Thanks to all who voiced their differing perspectives... I just watched my grandparents grow old... they never wanted me to grow up. My growing up sentenced them to old age and they hated it. So they lived in the past. I try not too... it is hard.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

6 posted 1999-12-08 10:33 PM

My Grammie is there now..... and not at all happy with it, I might add.....

RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

7 posted 1999-12-08 11:04 PM

mine neither!!! poor grandma is watching herself slip away

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

8 posted 2005-04-15 05:05 PM

dang

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

9 posted 2007-11-12 07:06 PM

Sad title, sad poem

ARCTIC WIND

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