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This is a true story,about the source of my past nightmares.
It all started simply enough,with an innocent game of hide and seek,when I eleven years old.
The town I grew up in, there is an old drawbridge that allows boats to access the inner harbor from the outer harbor,with train tracks running across the bridge.

One summers day in 1964,my brother and some of our friends,were playing a game of hide and seek on the old drawbridge. I found the perfect hiding spot. It was inside a big metal box about ten feet tall by three feet wide by six feet long. I had to climb up the side of the box and then down into it. It was a great place to hide, so I thought.

Suddenly there was a tremendous grinding noise, I looked up and noticed the giant gears that opened and closed the bridge were turning and moving lower into the box, I was hiding in. I quickly climbed up the inside of the box, and tried to escape. I had my head and shoulders out of the box when I felt the giant gear starting to scrape my back. I immediately moved back into the box to avoid being cut in half! But now I was TRAPPED!!!!

Laying in the bottom of the box looking up at this giant,turning,metal gear,coming closer and closer to me, was all I could do. I was screaming for help.....but no one could hear me screaming because of the tremendous noise the drawbridge was making. Down and down and down came the giant gear,churning and grinding in the darkness!!!

The gear came down until it was just an inch from my chest (I had to turn my head to the side to avoid it being crushed) I was very lucky to be a skinny kid! Finally the gear stopped turning.... After what seemed an eternity, the giant metal gear started turning in the opposite direction and moving up and away from me....

I don't remember climbing out of the gear box, but I do remember my brother asking me if I was alright. (apparently I must have been very pale and visibly shaken) I walked straight home and went to bed,exhausted....

The experience was so traumatic to me, that my brain buried the experience somewhere deep in my mind. For years afterward, I would wake up from terrible nightmares about being sucked into giant gears and torn apart. I would awaken screaming and shaking.

It wasn't until I was about thirty years old that this old memory resurfaced, and the whole experience came back to me in incredible detail. Since remembering this horrible ordeal, I haven't had a nightmare about gears since.

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See-Saw

I SAW LOVE TODAY

IT LOOKED HEARTBROKEN.

I SAW PEACE TODAY,

IT LOOKED PISSED OFF.

I SAW UNDERSTANDING TODAY,

IT LOOKED CONFUSED.

I SAW HAPPINESS TODAY,

IT LOOKED SAD.

I SAW TOGETHERNESS TODAY,

IT WAS ALL ALONE.

I SAW HATRED TODAY,

IT WAS PREOCCUPIED.

I SAW DEATH TODAY,

IT WAS SMILING.

I SAW JUSTICE TODAY,

IT WAS BEING HUNG.

I SAW TRUTH TODAY,

IT WAS LYING.

I SAW GOD TODAY,

HE WAS VERY,VERY,BUSY....

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A Taste of Life

Having drank deeply of life's many flavors,
I still thirst.
May the hunger of my soul's palette,
Never be quenched.
May my eyes find beauty,
Where none seems to be.
May my ears hear harmony,
When no one is listening.
May my tongue speak truth,
When lies seem to prevail.
May my hands always help a brother,
Even when i need help.
May my heart never grow cold,
Or my soul too old.

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Soul Tears

It washed over me like a wave

feelings of sadness,

I could not evade.

I tried to shake it,

and found I could not,

entrenched in my soul,

tied tight,like a knot!



Where these feelings came from,

I do not know...

The tears flowing freely,

it was hard not to show.



My eyes filled with tears,

that I could not stop.

Caught up in my years,

feeling I would drop.



I knew I had to go on,

with my task at hand,

but found it hard to do,

in the sadness land.



I wiped my tears,

put away my tools.

My mind was gears,

and I felt like a fool.



I am usually strong,

when it comes to things.

But something went wrong,

and tugged my heart strings.



It took a long time,

to shake the feeling,

it brought up emotions.

That sent me reeling!



Was it hidden things,

that set me off?

Or was it something else,

that made my soul cough?




This was written while I was working at "Joe's Place",an adult daycare center,for elders with Alzheimer's and dementia.I was painting door frames at the time in the dementia room,and they had that "one flew over the cookoo's nest" music playing...

and after an hour and a half.....

I LOST IT!!!

I thought I was strong enough to handle it,

but I was wrong.....



Does this make me a weak man?

I think not!

I guess it just shows that

I am human,

have feelings....

And I care!!!

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Friends

FINDING A FRIEND IS HARD.

LOSING A FRIEND,IS HARDER.

THE UNCOMPROMISING LOVE OF A FRIEND,

IS THE NECTAR OF THE GODS.

THE FREEDOM OF BEING ABLE TO BE YOURSELF,

WITHOUT CRITICISM,

IS WONDERFUL!

FRIENDSHIP,IS THE SHIP OF LIFE,

WHICH CARRIES US TO ETERNITY.

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Strange Pathways

SLIDING IS EASY...

TOO EASY!!!

RUNNING AWAY,DOESN'T HELP.....

ANOTHER EXCUSE...

NEVER AGAIN!

GOD HELP ME?

EASILY DISTRACTED....



PATHETIC STRENGTH.

ANQUISH.

THOUGHT I KNEW BETTER.

HOLLOW FUN.

WASTED TIME.

AWAKE...NOT!

YESTERYEAR.

SMARTEN-UP!!!

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Wings Or Fins

THE HEART,BEING FULL OF LOVE,

WILL SOAR!

THE HEART,BEING FULL OF SORROW,

WILL SINK!

THE SOARING OR SINKING DEPENDS ON THE PERSON.

FOR SOME PEOPLE,

THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN THE SOARING

AND NEVER SEE THE GROUND.

FOR SOME PEOPLE,

THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN THE SINKING

AND NEVER SEE THE SKY.

KEEPING A CRITICAL EYE ON ONE'S HEART,

WILL DETERMINE IF ONE CAN FLY OR FLOAT.

BUT,DO NOT DWELL TOO LONG IN YOUR HEART,

BECAUSE THEN YOU BECOME BLIND TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS....

IF THE SONG OF LOVE SINGS TO YOU,

SING BACK AND FEEL THE HARMONY.

LET THE SONG MOVE YOUR SOUL

AND MAY YOUR HEART SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE.

EVERY

ANGEL

GIVES

LOVE

EASILY

Best Poems Written by John Logue

The Lone Warrior Wolf

Rising Tides

My Nightmares

See-Saw

A Taste of Life

Soul Tears

Friends

Strange Pathways

Wings Or Fins