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Pain and suffering,
impossible to measure,
not quantifiable, but
still present in our daily lives.

When all your yesterdays,
have moved into tomorrow.
When all the joys you had,
have turned into sorrow,

memories are fleeting passion,
while all the sadness,
in our hearts and lives,
is no longer still in fashion.

To was philosophically,
in this place we dwell,
is most usually something,
on the Perdition Road to Hell.

Step up to the plate,
sharing your concerns,
but always remember,
it's how the world turns.

Thinking about,
this life I have led,
I pause, and ask,
"What's wrong with your head?"

I've had a great time,
with kids and a wife,
so why are you worried,
you've had a great life?

Sometimes a question,
should be asked, especially,
during times of loneliness.
If only an hour, or a day,
helps to keep boredom away

Years ago,
on a tropical Isle,
we would swim and snorkel.
all of the while.

A cruise, courtesy of
my Uncle Sam.
We worked and played hard,
like Popeye the Sailor, I yam.

I find myself,
wanting to be alone.
I'm OK talking about it,
but do not want sympathy.

Please leave me alone.
What you are talking about,
don't doesn't matter.
Not anymore.

At one time in my life,
I was asking my granddaughter to,
quit riding the exercise bike, from the front.
I asked several times. She turned, placing her
hands on her hips and said, "Grandpa, I Quit you."

It was hard not to laugh.
Now I say to her,
"Don't quit on grandpa"
stay with me, when you can,
for without you,
I am just an ordinary man.

Up and about,
in a recovery mode.
I love to track back,
they said, "Stay off the road."

You can't be walking,
without a card.
I said, "What's next?"
"Stay out of my yard."

I love you.
Words said in the night,
to drive off the fear,
and fight the good fight.

Stay strong is your choice,
to be there when you need,
and avoid the fear,
which comes when you cede.

Sleeping at night,
under the stars,
maybe a realization of,
who you are, Venus or Mars.

Is that important,
not, at this time,
when you are writing
about a very thin dime?

To find a new life,
in this jaded world, ours,
in this adventure's
journey to the stars

Too many lies,
I've heard you say.
Leave me alone,
please go away.

You need to step up.
Act like a man.
Wipe away your tears.
Start anew, you can.

You're hard to be around,
with negative ways,
of reliving a life,
which is gone away.

You must start again.
Starting it now.
It will be hard but,
please make a vow.