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A Life - Monotetra
Sometimes I sit and wonder why
I can't sprout wings and start to fly
Above the clouds so very high
And then I'd be willing to die
There are times when I cast my lot
Against the things I have been taught
And tie myself into a knot
Looking from within what I've wrought
I've lived, I've loved, I've had the best
In many ways I have been blessed
Still I must get things off my chest
About my life, my zeal and zest
No matter how hard I did seek
The world always looked dark and bleak
And though I tried to look so chic
I felt I was a circus freak
And now you see my cover's blown
These days I live alone
I suppose I'm in my own zone
Had I but known, had I but known.
İFebruary 7, 2017 / Jerry Pat Bolton
I can't sprout wings and start to fly
Above the clouds so very high
And then I'd be willing to die
There are times when I cast my lot
Against the things I have been taught
And tie myself into a knot
Looking from within what I've wrought
I've lived, I've loved, I've had the best
In many ways I have been blessed
Still I must get things off my chest
About my life, my zeal and zest
No matter how hard I did seek
The world always looked dark and bleak
And though I tried to look so chic
I felt I was a circus freak
And now you see my cover's blown
These days I live alone
I suppose I'm in my own zone
Had I but known, had I but known.
İFebruary 7, 2017 / Jerry Pat Bolton
Published 9th Feb 2017
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9th Feb 2017 7:33pm
"I've lived, I've loved, I've had the best
In many ways I have been blessed"
I will remember this. Great write(:
In many ways I have been blessed"
I will remember this. Great write(:
9th Feb 2017 7:58pm
Thank you very much, AlyssaJane, I hope those two lines will be the inspiration to you many times over.
9th Feb 2017 8:21pm
9th Feb 2017 9:22pm
Yeah, I guess many more of us have those thoughts. Thank you, JusTim.
Anonymous
10th Feb 2017 5:02pm
Jerry my friend...I've said it before...you bring us into your thoughts, regardless of what they are or how they will be received as you hold true to yourself...seeing both your good and bad and reflecting on it all..much can be learned from one like you...I thank you for all you gift us with...
xoxo Taryn
xoxo Taryn
10th Feb 2017 5:31pm
Well, thank you, Taryn, for your superb comments, and I sincerely hope some can learn from my many, many mistakes in life. I hope that with all my heart.
10th Feb 2017 5:52pm
Awe Jerry......this touched me so much.......I see myself thru this in so many ways.......we know now don't we........some things we can change......other things and moments are lost.......thought provoking ink.....enjoyed.....purple luv & hugs xo :)
10th Feb 2017 6:31pm
Yep, it is always clearer to you when you look back many years since, isn't it? It is all about life. When we are very young children our brain isn't developed to where we can take care of ourselves. When we grown into young adulthood we are able to take care of ourselves, but our brains, for the most part, haven't developed to where we can discern where we should, or should not get into certain life's choices. It is only later that we "see" where we were big time wrong in so many areas. Life. Sucks sometimes.
