Deviating from the Light

Sometimes you open your eyes, but there is only darkness

Is it night, or has the light been sucked from the day time?

You search for a light, any light, to validate your existence

But no light deems you worthy of illuminating you this day

Outside you go to seek acknowledgement from the weather

But the elements join the conspiracy to keep you in the dark

Nature offers you only a wet chill with no warmth or comfort

You have deviated from your normal lighted world of warmth

There is nothing welcoming in this place of damp eternal night

Aimlessly searching for the portal back, the ruby slippers

Accepting this fate you understand you brought yourself here

So you close your eyes and focus on returning to light tomorrow

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Laurie White Aug 29, 2006, 10:19am UTC

Very nice, Rich. I like the last line which offers hope of starting a new day in a different way. How appropriate for a day like today in Boston. Blah! We all need a little light in our lives.

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Rich Sadowsky Aug 29, 2006, 10:21am UTC

Thanks Laurie. I didn't want to create a purely dark piece, even though I am in a very dark mood, which is rare for me. I always have a sense of hope, no matter how small. Without that sense of hope, I would just give up. But I keep on truckin.

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Nancy S. Aug 29, 2006, 11:21am UTC

Sounds like a pretty perfect description of depression to me, though the ending (hope) kind of turns it upside down.
Good one.

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Rich Sadowsky Aug 29, 2006, 2:08pm UTC

Depression from poor results job searching. After 22 years of constant employment and people lined up to hire me, 3 patents, awards, best-selling software, I do not understand why Boston is so unkind to me. I decided to live here for love, and I plan on staying so I must find work.

If ANYONE has ideas email me at rich(at)richsad.com and see my accomplishments at http://www.richsad.com/about_rich.html

BTW, writing this lifted me out of the depression. After all, I put instructions right in the poem how to get out!

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Nancy S. Aug 30, 2006, 11:44am UTC

Good Luck in the job search!

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Alan Waldman Aug 30, 2006, 9:45pm UTC

I have been underemployed for a long time--roughly since Bush came in--and it is very depressing. It is hard to find something to look forward to. What keeps me going is the knowledge that on Sept. 10 on HBO, the best-written TV show of the decade, THE WIRE, returns, and this season its examination of the schools looks very very good. I am also encouraged that my Dallas Cowboys look pretty good. Finally, I am encouraged that we may kick the Repugs out of Congress in Nov., so that Bush will just be a lame duck and Cheney will probably get drunk and shoot him, after which we will impeach him for shooting Republicans out of season and the new President will be the new Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who will be a big improvement. Isn't that worth cheering up for?

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Rich Sadowsky Aug 30, 2006, 10:01pm UTC

Alan, I am so with you on that! Thanks for the inspiration.

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Fred D. Aug 30, 2006, 11:10pm UTC

From despair to hope, Even though, the prez is a dope!

So where is the light, certainly not on the "Right"

Thanks Rich,
Very nice poem, and good luck on the job scene.

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Ludie Gee Aug 31, 2006, 1:48pm UTC

Perfect!! Love it!!

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Synchronicity W. Aug 31, 2006, 9:08pm UTC

are you feeling any better? i am no stranger to depression...i call it being in my "well." know that there are people who care about you here. like me. i have a lot of catching up to do in reading all your writings...i better start now!

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Jennifer K. Aug 31, 2006, 9:18pm UTC

Yes yes, this is how it feels with the onslaught of winter, for sure! I just made an appointment today to see my doctor....well written, I like this!

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Diana Raabe Sep 1, 2006, 1:12pm UTC

Hmmmm. It's a good piece. Hope changes everything.

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B. Bollocks Sep 2, 2006, 9:37am UTC

Need to keep slogging through the dark days one at a time and hope the light will get around to shining.

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bob p. Sep 2, 2006, 2:51pm UTC

Nice imagery. We've had a spell of overcast days here for the last week, this reminds me of how I've felt about that namely : Mom, either rain or let the sun shine, PLEASE!
NAmaste

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