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Mad Ramblings... of the one left behind...

Dark, foul and desolate,
the mood festering deep in me
it slithers and seethes writhing,
I have nowhere to flee,
like something alive and wicked, it breathes,
evil, all seeing and all knowing;
never feeble always growing.
One can only say what one sees
and let the protagonists do what they please
but when they look back, the fact is, they inevitably say:
why did I not listen to what you said that day?
Ohhh… such stupidities one endeavors to create,
always making demands and defiantly not listening
to the wisdom that is given out love and concern,
no, why would you do that,
you must always have the last word;
problem is my dear, that the dead
do not have much to say…
Once you cross that last frontier
there is no coming back here,
to avoid such mistakes is the only way
but you in all your selfjustifying  wisdom,
will not listen because you
feel your being dictated to.
A smart man knows when
it is the prudent thing to do,
a stupid, immature man,
although he knows the reason is sound,
will not listen because pride has it’s demands.  
He will not be dictated to, no, he is a grown man!
Pride has always been the downfall  
of good men,  great or strong, one and all.
When we let vanities get the better of us,
trying to prove you have the upper hand,
it becomes the bullet that ends
any opportunity you could have had.
It was never, ever a war of wills,
I did not, not, not want to be right!!!
I was trying to protect your ungrateful life,
but of course this you could not see,
I was nagging you
because there nothing better for me,
to your mind: what did I know?
You had it all under control!
Yet now in this desolate place,
the garden of the dead,
I bring you this white rose to place,
on the stone at your graves’ head.

Gypsy red
March 2012  
Written by marielavoue (Gypsy Red)
Published
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