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Life Beyond the Pale

We seek in vain for answers to life beyond the pale,
And thought we never find them we look to no avail,
I think we had a contract tween Mark and Wayne and me,
To spend some time with Chris and June and then part company.

To be limited to live life in a fog
 to keep the brain in neutral
for 30 years, was my lot, till I went to Acland
 and found an answer.fruitful
Vitamin L Glutamin

My path had this governor attached until the age of 30,
 then  I started to learn?
Pre ordained handicaps, 
part of the learning curve.
No limits to the power of thought!
 Visualization of same. In a word.
Wendy was a karmic debt paid.
Anna was a period of insanity?
Chris. Was a karmic credit for me.
Trish was a  karmic debt paying, romanticly 
30 years later I’m learning how it works,
 the mind creativity part.

There are lessons to be learned 
in the cocoon of life 
before the butterfly of death
hovers to claim the debris of mortality.

Don Johnson 27-july-11

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 7/27/2011 2:23:00 PM
Yes indeedy, there are lessons to be learned in this life. And there is life to be lived here too! I love the last four lines in particular. A stellar poem, Don! Regards, Robert.
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Date: 7/27/2011 8:59:00 AM
May your inspiration be long lived and your life be filled with many wonderful years of writing and of sharing your excellent poetry. I enjoyed reading your poetry this morning Don. Love, Carol
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