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What Happened To Joe

He sits upon the edge of tomorrow,
lost in his little world full of sorrow.
Sands of time have no patience for his pain,
bemused and confused he can't feel the rain.

You ask, but his excuses feel so lame,
so it's no surprise he's forgotten your name.
He buries his heart behind a steel shield,
cares not if you're still hurting or have healed.

He craves to sit in chapel like silence,
as church bells alarm his mind with violence.
Voices torment, where did it all go wrong?
His guitar rebels, cares not for his last song.

Doctors don’t know how to save this John Doe. 
A once kind man, his friends called Smiley Joe.

Silent One
16 October 2019

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Hannah Borke Date: 10/30/2019 11:50:00 AM Sounds like psychiatrists have done a job on him. They are destroying hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Login to Reply

Cecilia Macfarlane Date: 10/29/2019 11:23:00 AM A descriptive heartwrenching write on mental health affects . Excellent! Hugs Login to Reply

Robert Lindley Date: 10/26/2019 4:19:00 AM A truly wonderful sonnet my friend. Ican feel the loneliness and sorrow in my bone marrows! The sad reality in this fine piece one can taste! A fav-- a gem... Login to Reply

Paul Callus Date: 10/25/2019 1:58:00 PM Your fictitious main character lives in sorrow, like so many others who have problems in life. For some there is no cure :( Regards // paul Login to Reply

Judy Ball Date: 10/21/2019 3:20:00 PM There are so many delicate people out there who go through some kind of trauma. When that happens it seems like their whole world implodes. They lose everything. Great job here. God Bless, JB Login to Reply

Brandy Nicole Date: 10/20/2019 11:15:00 PM There are many in the World like this! "it's no surprise he's forgotten your name" Sad indeed! Your thoughts always hold depth and emotion. Tender moments caress the page. Silent One. ~ Brandy Login to Reply

Hello There Date: 10/19/2019 12:33:00 AM It's hard to know where it begins, but it's a difficult downward spiral to depart from if you won't speak. Very difficult to maintain a status quo. Better to reach for a hand to hold...Very moving piece, Silent One. Login to Reply

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 10/18/2019 12:41:00 PM Hello Silent One, it looks like Joe had a rough life. no one knows how or when it began. Have a nice day my friend. Login to Reply

Vladislav Raven Date: 10/18/2019 10:55:00 AM Hi Silent, this is an exceptional sonnet from your golden pen. There are so many like this my friend. I can relate so very well to this write. hrough the internet and through my poetry, I try to come out of my silence and relate to people. This is a touching write my friend. It is most worthy of the Fav I give it. have a wonderful Friday. Your friend always....Mike. Login to Reply

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 10/18/2019 6:29:00 AM He craves to sit in chapel like silence, sometimes life hurts us so bad that is all we have the strength to do. Well written piece of pain, praying for Gods rain upon him. xo Login to Reply

Juliet Ligon Date: 10/17/2019 9:47:00 PM Touching. Whenever I see someone in despair I wonder what kind of person they once were and what led them to their hopelessness. I love how you captured his deep emotions, and with a punch at the end, you mention who people had once known him as. Login to Reply

Elaine Perrin Date: 10/17/2019 7:52:00 AM Sad but beautifully written:-) x Login to Reply

Alexis Y. Date: 10/16/2019 4:22:00 PM Hi Silent, It is so sad how life can start out good and then take a turn for the worst. This is clever and well written . Your poem causes me to sit and wonder/ ponder how many hospital beds, occupy a person with a similar story as the John For that wrote about? Excellent write my friend. Enjoy the rest of your evening:-) Alexis Login to Reply

Eve Roper Date: 10/16/2019 4:02:00 PM Beautiful my friend :-) Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 4:03:00 PM Thank you..

Laura Leiser Date: 10/16/2019 3:49:00 PM This poem is so clever, yet sad. I like how you express poor Joe’s plight...maybe the picture inspired this? Always a joy to read your work, Silent! :) Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 3:53:00 PM Hi Laura, i found the picture after the poem. The poem is about someone I know who recently hurt a friend of mine, but i believe it is because he is not in a good place mentally. Thank you...

Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/16/2019 3:45:00 PM Where oh where at the crossroads did poor Joe make a wrong turn! Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 3:53:00 PM yes... or maybe someone else caused it ... thanks Kim

Arturo Michael Date: 10/16/2019 11:11:00 AM And probably he's still kind...Only the master Potter can reshape this John Doe... Nice write SO Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 12:19:00 PM Indeed.. Thank you..

Wilma Neels Date: 10/16/2019 11:08:00 AM You have really captured the image of the outside *smiling* inside *crying* individual so aptly.. Sad piece, yet reality for many Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 12:20:00 PM There are many like this, some hurt others as a result of their mental wellbeing and when the inevitable happens, it is too late... Thank you Wilma..

Sandra Adams Date: 10/16/2019 9:46:00 AM great sonnet, on a very poignant subject...so sad to see just a shell of someone we used to know...made me think of a faraway friend of mine, her husband was in a motorcycle wreck, lucky to be alive, yet doesn't recall his wife or children...they once were so close and she said it's like loving a stranger... good write my friend ... hugs Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 12:21:00 PM thank you Sandra, as you know sonnets are not my forte.. I know some people like that and a guy who recently hurt a friend of mine, due to his mental state... thanks..

Tom Cunningham Date: 10/16/2019 7:39:00 AM A well written tragic sonnet S.O., Trapped in his own world and something you often hear about. Tom Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 12:23:00 PM Thank you Tom..

Regina Mcintosh Date: 10/16/2019 7:10:00 AM Excellent sonnet. You always write such profound words... bless you always and love to you, Gina Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 12:31:00 PM Thank you Regina..

Bobby May Date: 10/16/2019 6:49:00 AM The power of your words brings many emotions, what a gift!! Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 12:37:00 PM Thanks..

Vijay Pandit Date: 10/16/2019 5:20:00 AM He hurts within--so does his family and the community at large..so sad..apt notes on music video, Silent One. Excellent write to highlight this common problem. Login to Reply Silent One Date: 10/16/2019 12:37:00 PM yes, when someone is not right, he does not know how to act around others.... thanks VJ