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

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YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD:
IT IS SO EXHAUSTING, WHEN MISUNDERSTANDINGS, ARGUMENTS, AND DISAGREEMENTS, CLUTTER YOUR MIND, AND HEART, WITH WORDS OF ANGER, RINGING IN YOUR EARS, WHEN THERE HARSH, CRITICISING, HURTFUL, SHAMEFUL WORDS, CLING TO YOU, STICK WITH YOU LIKE DIRTY MUD:

YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD, YOUR VERY OWN IMMEDIATE FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN, NEXT OF KIN:
WHEN THEY TURN ON YOU,---- THE FATHER,------ DISREPECT YOU, SHUN YOU, PUT YOU TO BLAME,--- ITS A SHAME -THEY BEAR YOUR SAME LAST NAME, , IT TAKES AWAY YOUR BREATH AND WIND,-- AS A FATHER,-- YOU ARE DEEPLY BOTHERED,-- YOU FEEL ADRIFT,-- AT SEA,- AS A FISH-- WITHOUT A FIN:

THE ARGUMENTS , THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE,:
CAME FROM YEARS, AND YEARS, OF DISRESPECT AND DISGRACE:

I DESPERATELY, HAVE BEEN TRYING,:
TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE HURTFUL,--- RESENTMENTS,--- AND JUDGEMENTAL,--- DISGRACEFUL --LYING:

FOR SUCH OF A LONG TIME, ----- I FELT AS IF I.-- WAS CLINGING TO MY VERY LAST THREAD:
SO THE ARGUMENTS TOOK PLACE AND HAPPENED,--- AND MANY HURTFUL- THINGS IN GREAT ANGER- AND RESENTMENTS, -- ON THE PHONE WERE YELLED,-- AND SAID:

SO RIGHT NOW, I TURN TO GOD , FOCUS AND PRAY:
AS IM GOING FORWARD ON THIS BRAND NEW DAY:

I JUST KNOW, THAT THERE IS NO GOING BACK:
BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE, I WILL NOT EVER , EVER AGAIN, BE SUBJECT TO ANOTHER, UNFAIR PREMEDITATED, PLANNED ATTACK:

THIS I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO AVOID, TRYING TO HOLD ONTO PEACE, KNOWING MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE MY PRIDE AND JOY:
BUT NOW I FEEL THAT I LOST IT ALL WITH THE ARGUMENT YESTERDAY, FROM MY BOY:

YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD:
THE WORDS FROM A HEATED ARGUMENT------THE WORDS, CLING TO YOU, STICK WITH YOU, LIKE DIRTY MUD:

WHEN A FALLING OUT OCCURS, IT IS DANGEROUS:
BECAUSE OUT IN THE VERY WIDE OPEN, THE TRUTH IS REVEALED, ---NOW THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO TALK ABOUT WITH LOST TRUST:

NOW WITH YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WALL, THERE IS NOT ANOTHER WORD, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK AND SAY:
AFTER A MAJOR FALLING OUT AND,A MASSIVE-DESTRUCTIVE ,--- EARTHQUAKE TEN POINT ZERO--AS  THIS,=========== ALL THAT-YOU CAN DO, IS TO HUMBLY,-- LET GO AND LET GOD,--- GUIDE THY- WAY, AND FAITHFULLY PRAY:

TO THINE OWN SELF--- STAY TRUE:
KEEP GOD IN YOUR HEART,---- LET THE TRUTH,-- SET YOU FREE,-- IN EVERYTHING,-- THAT YOU THINK,- SAY- AND- DO:

LET GOD,-- DO HIS MIRACULOUS WORK,-- CAUSING-- HUMBLENESS --AND POSITIVE- GODLY- CHANGE:
LET GODS,---- LOVE TOUCH ALL, OF ----- THIS HURTFULNESS,==== HEAL==== AND REARRANGE:

AS THE FATHER===== OF THESE SEVEN,==== I NOW= STAND= MY GROUND,==== EVIDENT= AND== CLEAR:

FOR COME WHAT MAY=======--MOVING FORWARD, WITH PEACE--LOVE--SERENITY--FAITH AND HOPE----SHOWING GRACE--UNDERSTANDING--COMPASSION,,WITH COURAGE TO  FORGIVE--I MOVE FORWARD, WITH GOD AT MY SIDE, WITH GOD IN MY HEART, WITH GOD IN MY EVERY CELL AND BEING, STANDING STRONG, AND BRAVE, WITH THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH--- WITH NOT A FEAR:

04  DECEMBER  2015:
BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:


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