Elton Camp Poet Rhyme

To All Those Grim Poets

To All Those Grim Poets

By Elton Camp

On every publishing wesite I go,
I’m finding largely an ocean of woe

I loved, but then I wasn’t loved back
Proper childhood upbringing I did lack

Even though there wasn’t a reason why
My spouse has left me high and dry

Because my miserable life I much hate
My greatest pleasure is to self-mutilate

The one I loved just laid down & died
And since then, all I have done is cried

But the ones that really scare me most
Are those that of intended suicide boast

To answer that, I am unwilling even to try
And so to that sort I never attempt to reply

There is always the chance, I fearfully think
What I say would push them over the brink

But a general comment I here will make 
Destroying yourself is usually a mistake

For who knows what the next day will bring
From an unexpected source good may spring

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Darryl Davis February 4, 2012 at 1:54 AM Finally...someone articulated what I have been thinking for years!! Nice one :-) Elton Camp February 4, 2012 at 2:24 AM Hey Darryl, Perhaps it help some deal with their problems to grind out those morose poems, but they can get quite tiresome to others. Thanks for reading. Elton

Lizanne Scholtz February 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM Wonderful poem, and very good advice Elton, Enjoyed your work, best wishes. Elizabeth Elton Camp February 4, 2012 at 2:26 AM Hello Elizabeth, I appreciate you taking the time to comment. I make no pretense to being a "great" writer. I am just an old man pursuing a hobby to keep my mind active. Most of what I write is along the humor line. Elton