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Just Doing Time

I have faced death many times How, I escaped its grasp ? Simply, can't be defined Someday, I know, it will be, my time But until then, this fragile life is mine I know the clock is ticking It will, 'till I take my last gasp But for now, I'll just keep on kicking And take my licking, While death keeps pricking Oh Shadow, I see it in your eyes You want it to be a big surprise The day you hold me in your clasp I will see right through your guise And find the truth, that hides behind the lies

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Cona Adams

Date: 12/16/2014 8:06:00 AM

I do not know what form this poem is, Jerry, but you've done an excellent job in following a rhyming pattern, in an easy flow and a logical progression. One tiny edit, remove the letter 's' from the word grasp. The word is the same, used as singular or plural. Great write!

Jerry T Curtis
Date: 12/18/2014 5:39:00 AM

Thanks Cona, proof reading is the hardest part of writing

Carrie Richards

Date: 12/9/2014 8:12:00 PM

I often wonder how often each of us escape death, without knowing it. Simply by timing or circumstance, one never knows. This is such a thought provoking poem. Well said! And added note to thank you for my HM in the Santa Contest! You received some great poems ! Thanks again!!!

Jerry T Curtis
Date: 12/12/2014 5:09:00 AM

Thanks Carrie---I think Santa was a tough write, do to so much having been written about him in past years. The contest was also difficult to judge---everyone did a fine job.

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

Date: 12/9/2014 9:37:00 AM

Make the most of LIVING present. But yes death is most unpredictable (so also birth) you know the death in the time of clutch but cannot transmit the information what death is about. A kinda black hole, eh?I agree with Gary "You've faced the "Shadow" in very relaxed, yet direct and forceful way" that is praiseworthy. Love Jerry. A very good write XXX rajat

Jerry T Curtis
Date: 12/12/2014 5:06:00 AM

Thank you Rajat, yes---death----black hole--probably the same thing, kinda .

Gary Bateman

Date: 12/9/2014 5:53:00 AM

Hello Jerry!! I like poem here on "Just Doing Time" very much. A "7"!! You've faced the "Shadow" in very relaxed, yet direct and forceful way. Yes, I'm sure this spiritual creature (or whatever it is supposed to be) is amassed with both lies and contradictions. (You should check out a poem I wrote early on in August, I believe, entitled: "Prufrock's Eternal Footman," where I address T.S. Eliot's visage of the traditional "Grim Reaper" as it is addressed in his famous poem.) Best Always, Gary

Jerry T Curtis
Date: 12/12/2014 5:04:00 AM

Thanks for you comment Gary, Purfrock's Footman says it best,but I also like your "We our souls" You have a great insight into the unknown, my friend.