John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ

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I NEED  TO FIND MY OWN SPACE:
INEED TO HAVE MY OWN PLACE:
      THIS BACK AND FORTH MOTION, NOW MUST COME TO CEASE:
       NOW IT HAS COME TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN:, I MUST HAVE MY OWN PLACE AT LEAST:
I FEEL AM A BURDEN, AND FEEL OUT OF PLACE:
IM FEELING THAT I HAVE WORN OUT MY WELCOME, IN EVERY PLACE:
        BEFORE I FELT LOVED, CARED FOR , WITH, GENERAL, CONCERN:
        BUT NOW I CAN SEE , THAT BRIDGE IS BURNED, AND FOR ME THERE IS NO RETURN:
SO EVEN THOUGH I THINK TO MYSELF THAT I DID MY VERY BEST:
IT JUST WASNT GOOD ENOUGH, AS I WAS TREATED, WITH RESPECT MUCH LESS:
        HOW MUCH LONGER DID I THINK THIS COULD CONTINUE, AND GO ON:
        PRETTY SOON, YOUR KIDS WILL BE PUTTING YOU DOWN AGAIN, CALLING YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME JOHN:

EVERY PLACE THAT I AM:
I AM DOING MY VERY BEST, AND MORE THAN MY BEST TO HELP THEM WHERE I STAY MAN
       RIGHT NOW, I HAVE GROWN SICK AND WEARY, WITH A CONSTANT COUGH, CONGESTION AND COLD:
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE STRESS THAT I AM HOLDING INSIDE, WITH GREAT HURT, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND DEEP LOST PRIDE:, RIGHT NOW I FEEL SO WEAK AND OLD:

      I HAVE REACHED A POINT OF NO RETURN:
      I WILL NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN, I FEEL AS THIS BRIDGE HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AND BURNED:

I FEEL TOWARDS ME, NO LOVE CARE OR CONCERN:
HOW MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE HAS THIS LESSON, HAD TO BE LEARNED:

I NEED TO HAVE MY OWN PLACE:
I NEED TO HAVE: MY OWN SPACE:

WHEN I AM GONE, AND I DO NOT RETURN:
THEN THEY WILL REALIZE, HOW I WAS SHUNED, TAKEN FOR GRANTED, DISRESPECTED AND PUT DOWN, --AND THE BRIDGE BEHIND ME THEY BURNED:



I TOOK CARE OF MYSELF WAY BEFORE THIS FAMILY EVER CAME TO BE:
THE SAYING IN LIFE IS, IF YOU DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN FOR OTHERS,AND EVEN MORE THAN YOUR BEST WAY ABOVE YOUR MEANS, IF WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IS NOT APPRECIATED, AND YOU ARE BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED, PUT DOWN AND DISRESPECTED, MAKING YOU FEEL, SHUNED AND NEGLECTED--stop--stop--doing what you are now doing,---i have reached a point of no return, for my health and well being--, NOW IS THE TIME I MUST TAKE CARE OF ME:

:::BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:--03--JULY--2015:


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I NEED TO FIND MY OWN SPACE