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"Beyond Pain and Into Love Again" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Roses Amidst Thorns"

Posted in "Beyond Pain........" A Poem by John J. Rigo, Poetry, Texas' Poetry, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

 
 

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When such pain goes beyond

metal against metal

pushing and tearing

beyond the tolerances of strength.

 

Truly oh what passion

lies within thee

when finding release again

in one who will truly love you again

in the truth of their spirit and heart.

 

Heart be still

mind be of strength

love awaits.

This time to carry you beyond

the eternal doors of joy and happiness.

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"Sometimes It Pays To Count Your Blessings" (Revised) copyright 2009 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book "Passion Amidst Apathy"

Posted in upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged , , , , , , on February 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Sometimes it pays to look back on our lives.
In so doing
we can then take time
to count our blessings.
 
Today after a run to our local post office
I decided to detour to my old home within
a few miles of my completed task.
 
The house is now an old frame
which was terribly run down.
It was built in the early 1900’s.
 
I remember the day well
moving into that house
that I freshly painted
as a newly married young man
of twenty-eight.
  
With my new bride came three step-children
ages six, eight and going on ten; two boys and a girl.
I had no previous experience as a Father.
 
My new wife was a secretary for a local construction company.
I had just started as a salesman  for a local Ford dealership in town.
My average paycheck in 1970 was under four hundred a month.
 
The house was just off College street in McKinney, Texas.
We financed $6,5oo on the purchase of that home.
Five people in a three small bedroom room home
with the grand total
of one bathroom.
 
Since those days and our divorce almost fourteen years latter
shortly after the graduation of my step-daughter from Baylor College
with a Master’s degree in Music
much water has passed
under that olde’ bridge.
 
Today, that step-daughter is dead
killed by a hit and run driver.
The oldest boy I never did hear from again
after his graduation from North Texas.
 
I recently came across his picture on the net.
It seemed from the picture he had lost most of his good looks.
Age 50 is now facing him after living a loser’s life. 
Rumor has it that his wife divorced him
within a few years of their marriage.
 
As to the youngest one
who today should be in his mid forties
perhaps is currently in Huntsville prison.
He is gay and is kept from other prisoners
seems he is HIV positive.
 
Today as a senior
I now look at my bride of almost twenty years
grow more beautiful in my eyes each day.
 
I count each day
the many blessings that have come to me
since those days
almost forty years ago.
 
I am reminded today
in a bill that came in the mail today
a monthly bill to keep the lawn
at my second home on the lake
is more than the commissions I drew
as a car salesman back in those days.
 
God is great.
My blessings are beyond every dream 
I have ever held.
 
Thank you Lord
for this day
and the life you have rendered me
A life that came to me
after I finally gave my life to you
almost thirty years ago.  
 

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"Beyond Pain and Into Love Again" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Roses Amidst Thorns"

Posted in Poetry, Texas' Poetry, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 24, 2011| 1 Comment »

 
 

Courtesy of kelihasablog.wordpress.com

When such pain goes beyond

metal against metal

pushing and tearing

beyond the tolerances of strength.

 

 

Truly oh what passion

lies within thee

when finding release again

in one who will truly love you again

in the truth of their spirit and heart.

 

Heart be still

mind be of strength

love awaits.

This time to carry you beyond

the eternal doors of joy and happiness.

Read Full Post »