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

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WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE WHO STANDS BEHIND YOU:
NOT CONDEMING YOU, NOT RIDDICULING YOU, CRITICISING YOU OR PUTTING YOU DOWN WITH SHAME SO LOW, IT WASHES AWAY ALL YOUR BLUE;

WHEN SOMEONE STANDS BESIDES YOU, AND THEY HAVE YOUR BACK:
ITS THE GREATEST FEELING THAT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A BOY, A MATTER OF FACT:

FOR IN MY LIFE,AND LIVING, I REMEMBER MY DEAR MOTHER:
HOW SHE LOVED ME SO GREATLY, MORE THAN ANY OTHER:

WHEN I READ HER MY POEM, SHE WOULD BE SO PROUD:
SHE WOULD ASK ME TO READ IT OVER AND OVER TO HER ALOUD:

WHEN THERE IS NO ONE WHO HAS YOUR BACK:
YOU HAVE NO LINE OF DEFENSE FROM THOSE WHO COME AT YOU TO ATTACK:

I THINK THAT I HAVE BEEN GOING IT ALONE:
FOR A -- VERY LONG TIME-- ALL -ON MY OWN:

WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE WHO STANDS BEHIND YOU:
IN A MINUTE,--- YOU FEEL LIGHT AS A FEATHER,---- WITH NO MORE SADDNESS OR BLUE:

15--NOVEMBER--2015:
BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:


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WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE WHO STANDS BEHIND YOU