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Robert J. Lindley, 2-16-2018
Sonnet (In eight's)(  Dark night Echoes)

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Now Too Old and Who the Hell Cares

Now Too Old And Who The Hell Cares

He was old, too tired and alone
feeling sadness deep in his bones.
Paper cursed, his pen went bad
night was dark, heartbreak was so sad.

Looking back, his life full of scars
few he got fighting in bars.
Now too old and who the hell cares
that a poet's words he now shares?

Dread, that deep dread that dark nights bring
can poet words, speak of such things?
What solace, can memories give
when years are far too few to live?

Ah, but this he still thinks of you
true love found, found both of you two.

Robert J. Lindley, 2-16-2018
Sonnet (In Eight's)( Dark Night Echoes)
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February 16, 2018 at 9:19 AM
How sad Robert, I also wrote about a friend who died last night.. but its an angry poem..
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February 16, 2018 at 6:06 AM
Robert I am sure lots of people care about you and it is always great to have true love in old age.. i hope I have a beloved by my side when im older.. Great sonnet..
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February 16, 2018 at 9:14 AM
Thanks. True, a part of the poem is about my own life woven in too(poetic leeway)but the bulk of it is about the life of a close friend from my youth-(over 30 years ago), that about 5 years after my girlfriend and I had broke up, married an ex-girlfriend of mine. He later turned to hard drugs and she left him and he died three weeks ago, having never remarried and having no children. Sad........ he was a good guy, that made bad choices in life.
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