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    You come to a fork in the road of life.

    You see one named “Struggle”, one “Pain”, one “Strife.”

    Would you split yourself in three

    Simply out of curiosity?

    Or, if not, which would you pick?

    ‘Pain” could simply be a small prick

    “Strife” could simply be a rough berm.

    “Struggle” is a relative term.

    How tough would a struggle be to God’s humble worm?

    So when you see the sign your path

    Remember it may not be as bad as God’s Wrath.




    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    Nice Jon, i really liked this.

    reminiscent of Frost.
    "So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBlaze View Post
    reminiscent of Frost.
    Yes, and I am afraid it's the weakest point.

    I liked this, though:

    Would you split yourself in three

    Simply out of curiosity?
    it reveals something about human nature that probably hasn't been so explicitly articulated before

    and, Jon: when you post more poems in this thread, you might want to think of altering the thread title; just tell me then.

    Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
    When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)

    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by JohnBlaze View Post
    reminiscent of Frost.
    Yes, and I am afraid it's the weakest point.

    I liked this, though:

    Would you split yourself in three

    Simply out of curiosity?
    it reveals something about human nature that probably hasn't been so explicitly articulated before

    and, Jon: when you post more poems in this thread, you might want to think of altering the thread title; just tell me then.
    I am unsure what you mean by altering the thread title...do you mean like making a catalogue as in Wordslingers?
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    Yes...I am sure that is what you mean. Please title it "Poetry: Dark and Light."
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    done

    Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
    When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)

    bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    All of your poems amaze me, Jon. Send more please if you have time.

    Roland would have understood.

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    I like it; I like it, alot. It makes me question my choices.

    My favourite line is: "How tough would a struggle be to God’s humble worm?"
    "Help me out here
    All my words are falling short
    And there's so much I want to say"

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    Default CHANGING WEATHER

    The day came, I always knew it would.

    Some things went badly, neither of us did everything as we should.

    We played and had fun, sometime we fought.

    When wifey baked treats, you’d be my “look out” to make sure we didn’t get caught.

    As often in family settings and life sometimes we’d hurt one another.

    But I always thought of you as my furry little brother.

    Time slipped and we aged together

    We both felt the aches and pains of the changing weather.

    Then I was injured and had to cool my jets.

    Then it became crystal clear you were one of those unforgettable pets.

    I was injured a couple of more times and had to “go under the knife.”

    That was when it was clear you were no pet, but a friend for life.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    I’ve said goodbye to friends and lovers in the past.

    Clearly those weren’t meant to last.



    I survived past losses incurred.

    But the loss of your love and friendship I am not sure can be endured.

    I know, I know, all good things must come to an end.

    But, after 17 years, it sucks donkeys to lose such a good friend.


    Lassie, you will never know the empty shell of a man you left behind.

    I only hope you know the love I held for your precious spirit and mind.

    I return you to Mother Earth, encasing your shell with soil.

    My friend, true, loved, trusted, missed and loyal.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    Default My Cave

    Have you ever been at the edge of your mind at all?
    I don’t mean “the end of your rope” or “the last straw.”

    I mean when you didn’t know it was you.
    When you look at those you love and wonder who.

    Now that I have clarified my question
    Let me make one suggestion.

    Answer it only if you have been to the true edge of your mind.
    Answer it only if you have truly left sanity behind.

    I ask of those of you who qualify “what did you see there?”
    You see, I only wish to compare.

    Oh! How rude of me to ask you to share first.
    I have seen and been over that edge but, I was always coerced.

    I stand on the precipice, looking below.
    There I see all the things I didn’t want to show.

    Like an unscrupulous corporation dumped all its toxic waste.
    There was all the bad and painful I had done and faced.

    The fumes rising from my mental filth make me light headed.
    I slip over the edge while viewing all the things regretted.

    Falling, I grasp and claw at the sheer cliff face of my mind.
    Falling and falling, clawing and clawing, until the proverbial handhold I find


    Slowly I begin my assent; fingers of despair try to drag me to the bottom of the edge of my mind.
    About my legs, arms and waist, the tendrils of despair wind.

    Those tendrils and fingers of despair cause twice the effort.
    Tired and desperate, I seek shelter and support.

    As those fingers and tendrils sap my strength like a tidal wave.
    I see my cruel savior, I see my cave.

    I pull myself up an in, panting like a dog.
    The fingers and tendrils disappear into the fog.



    In my cave, I savor moments of needed rest, but I also know.

    That this cave is where resentment and self loathing grow.


    I arise and begin to tour my cave,

    With each step I lose control wave by wave.


    You see this cave contains no paintings of ancient men.

    Just list after list of my failures and short comings for me to read over and over again.


    I have taken that last step where I was in control.
    One more step and memory becomes a great black hole.

    Beyond my next step I will only remember bad and only feel pain.
    Beyond my next step is assurance that I am insane.

    Now with only pain for memories and no real control
    I travel involuntarily deeper into my cave, reviewing my soul.

    Torment from things seen and heard, most not real.
    But pain all the same as my heart is gouged by claws of steel.

    I sob like a child as I beg my tormentor to end this hell.
    But I know he will not, I know him and he knows me well.

    I could have stopped this madness hours ago with a simple pill
    But I didn’t take it because of the pain the pill makes me feel.

    So look at this mess now, the pain and agony.
    And all knowing that the tormentor is me.

    I wonder what I am actually doing right now. Will I remember? Will that memory be true?
    Oh the hours I have spent wondering “what did I actually do.”


    I can no longer look at these cave walls with their lists of failures and sins.
    I must stop this now, and this is where the stopping begins!



    Madness cannot prevail; I throw myself to the cave floor.
    And for a fleeting moment I think I see the face of the one I most adore.

    Then that sound, that sweet lullaby,
    Urges me back, struggling to return, I cry.

    Each tear, each step, I return to the points of memory and control.
    Tired and drained, my cave always takes its toll.

    All the way back to the mouth of the cave I return
    I pause and hear the voice for which I yearn.

    “You must finish your climb up” the Angelic voice urges.
    Remembering the fingers and tendrils of despair, my fear resurges.

    But that sweet voice, I know it says true.
    Yet I shudder, thinking of what I must do.

    I reach for the edge of the cave and begin to climb out of my cave.
    My Angel above me wants me to be brave.

    I begin my climb and I look down so my Angel cannot see my tears.
    She has not been over this edge nor in my cave, she cannot know my fears.

    I struggle, each handhold dripping, slippery and wet.
    A rainstorm? No, it’s my Angel’s tears. She has not given up yet.

    Filled with love, hope and my Angel in my sight I continue my assent.
    The tendrils of despair lash up at my legs, a tearing sound as my blue jeans are rent

    Scrambling, slipping, bleeding, I see the top and what I know to be real.
    I long to be back up there, no despair lashing at me, I need time to heal.

    Hold by hold, my hands feel the top.
    I pull myself up, now I can stop.

    My Angel seems to understand, as I weep gently in her arms.
    I am ever grateful for her love, patience and her charms.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    Default Test The Steel

    In the blink of an eye a father is lost
    A household income is split
    A pair of slippers lies unused
    Some Blind Referee continues un-berated

    A pair of eyeglasses view nothing again
    A Bible’s pages ruffle no more
    A protest by tires leads to twisted, folded steal
    A prescription remains unfilled

    A grandson is too young to remember
    A church board now seeks a new member
    A set of March madness brackets goes empty
    There’s a little more mayo for the rest of the world

    One less cheer for the Blue Devils
    One less boo for the Hoyas
    Minutes later Florida state troopers unbuckle a dead man
    Screeching rubber, testing the steel of General Motors
    and the mettle those left behind
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    At this pont I can only post old ones many of you have already seen but Jean assures me that this is OK.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    Of course it's okay! I do love the old ones and the others need to know them, too.

    Roland would have understood.

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    I hope to have something new for you folken soon as i am sure most of you have already seen these and I apologize for that.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    The Race





    Where stars do not shine, stories are not told.

    Where there is no threat, all men are bold.

    Where the dreams are awful, the sandman weeps

    Where talking stops, hatred seeps.

    When the songbird no longer sings in his gilded cage

    The man may face avian rage

    Where a race is subjugated

    Hate, fear and despair is concentrated.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    BACK





    I tried, I failed.

    Back to vanishing

    I lived, I died

    Back to vanishing

    I nurtured, I buried

    Back to vanishing

    I tracked, I rescued.

    Back to vanishing


    I hunted, I killed

    Back to vanishing

    I cooked, I ate

    Back to vanishing

    I gave birth, I suckled

    Back to vanishing

    I taught, I corrected

    Back to vanishing

    I prepared, I died

    I vanished.


    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    GADFLY




    There were times that I wondered just what it all means

    And times that I cried, I don’t need to know all the nineteens


    But if my prayers are all answered, what do I learn

    Would the strife of others no longer be my concern?

    Does the struggling fish in a shrinking pool bring a tear to my eye?

    Or am I satisfied to be Socrates’ gadfly?



    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    GADFLY




    There were times that I wondered just what it all means

    And times that I cried, I don’t need to know all the nineteens


    But if my prayers are all answered, what do I learn

    Would the strife of others no longer be my concern?

    Does the struggling fish in a shrinking pool bring a tear to my eye?

    Or am I satisfied to be Socrates’ gadfly?



    I know who you are dear Jon and you see it yourself, too if you look into my eyes.
    Nice poems. Never stop writing.

    Roland would have understood.

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    I am recovering from two bad emotional blows. I shall soon return with more poetry. I am sorry, I am not strong enough yet.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    I am recovering from two bad emotional blows. I shall soon return with more poetry. I am sorry, I am not strong enough yet.
    *hugs you*
    Don't be sorry. There is nothing to be sorry for. Sometimes the pen seems to be as heavy as a rock.

    Roland would have understood.

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    Default BLACK TODAY

    I turned black today

    I just could not find my way

    This black cloud with me like a cancer

    Makes it seem that going into the void is the only answer

    It seems that all have left me, including myself

    If only I could put those feelings on a shelf

    Leave them there to collect dust

    Leave them to corrode trust

    One day’s journey seems a mountain, take your pill

    Then I see the mountain was really a mole hill

    But where they actually mountains, because sometimes they DO appear in life

    Or do these pills spare me self manufactured strife?

    What if I come across one of life’s REAL Mountains, take your pill

    And now I am mislead into thinking it a mole hill

    What if I climb this illusionary mole hill and jump, it being a mountain after all?

    DAM these pills, what is real…thank God for these pills, keeping my senses dull.








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    The first poem on this page is my favourite, but also I really like the one above. I enjoy the flow of your poetry, its very lyrical.

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    You should be able to live on writing, Jon. You are so talented.

    Roland would have understood.

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    I just fear folks don't like the dark side of my works.

    But thank you all.
    All that's left of what we were is what we have become.

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