A Stagnated Young Man

It may be long to you,
but mine has either burned out,
or has never been lit.
And nights, nights,
sometimes party,
sometimes alone with headaches and backaches
and no job tomorrow.

I know now
how Kerouac must have felt.
You mine if I tag along Sal.

The road the only friend
to a friend looking to start,
or finishing up.
My candle burns,
but is not consumed
and I still pray for God to talk.

So, let me see you,
let me see you America.
Step into your light,
so I can see your beautiful blemishes
and your ugly perfections.
Let me see what I am up against.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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May 3, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Paul, my belated congrats in making the semi finals...Raul
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April 28, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it into the semi finals. Wishing you the best of luck in the finals. Love, Carol
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February 27, 2009 at 6:35 AM
Congratulations on your excellent poetry being featured this week Paul. May you have many more featured. Love, Carol
Jordan Avatar
February 25, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Paul congratulations on having your poetry featured this week - God Bless, MJ
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February 24, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Congrats Paul on "A Stagnated Young Man" being featured. Vince
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February 22, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Very nice poem Paul. If I may offer my personal reaction to your lovely words, I'm up against a world where God has no voice because he's drowned out by distractions. But then I'm the one drowning him out since I'm the one who's distracted. I wanted to ask him 'where did I go wrong' to which the answer was and still is 'you can't go wrong' but I didn't want to hear it, so I watched TV to make it go away.
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December 24, 2008 at 3:42 PM
lol, this was like a great poem about politics and the faith of some thing new and also the confusion of the present.
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