HIS HANDS (for Friday Freewrite 10.16.09)

Featured in the Triple Name Club.

Robert, you've said things we need to know. Excellent Hands!

A Daughter's Plea

Very well said.

WOW,WOW,WOW,WOW,WOW, Why everytime I see your work you've out done the latter work.

What can one man say ; IT IS GOOD !

WHO ARE YOU ?

What kind of question is that. I am me. A sum of my parts. Some of the parts good, some bad. I have been valedictorian of my entire college class and I have been the least willing participant in a drug/alcohol rehabilitation program. I have been married to a perfect woman and I have clung to ladies of the night. I have worked removing radioactive asbestos for about $8 an hour and I have sat, generally safe, at a desk and done little to nothing for $21. I have been happily employed and now I am agonizingly unemployed. I have been a free man for 45 years of life and a convict for one year. And through it all I have carried a pen (writer) and a camera (photographer). And in fantasy, I am a werewolf. Oh, and in case it hasn't shown; I like dogs.

And I thank you for all your wonderful comments.

BTW, who are you? lol

You know what that was fun, let me add a couple more. I have had lunch with Max Lucado and breakfast with Mark Martin but I have had a share of dinners with bums and criminals. I have stayed at five-star resorts for entire summers and I have lived in a tent in the woods. I have started a jail riot (a small one) and I have started a jail Bible Study (a large one). I am diabetic but I love choclate and hate vegetables. I hate being alone but I also hate my sacred 'space' being corrupted. I probably have something to say, to write but I usually believe I don't.

Man, look what you started......

hi, i am no valedictorian..but ADHD. When we all did not know what it was only to be pushed aside..My mind moved a million miles a second with no great family life. I was alone watching every thing ten times to your one . I was in the military seeing some things one may not want to see. I never went to jail, prison but did enough to do so. I right the wrongs of people in this town of a crooked county sheriff..lol it was fun though. I robbed their crap joint..armed robbery never taking the money but gave it to a family that was being done wrong by him and his friends..Early 80s.. They still to this day do not know who did that and the others stuff against him..He was finally caught by the FBI to do some time in prison...I did stuff like that . I did cross the line a few times of being bad but with good intentions.
I was not a good husband but could have been better if she had talked to me..we grew apart with her growth exceeding mine as a person . So I lost my children and wife. My mind slowed down for me to enjoy this world..I have the skills and the ability somewhat to still be bad with GOOD intentions..I may be the guy who helps you fix your flat..I am also the guy you do not want to meet in a dark alley. I see good in you. We all have a past that probably makes us who we are today. I am not scared of anything..that is a fact..my friends today are murderers and tough men of solid thinking....they respect me for who I am....I hope you do also.
My brother worked for the think tank of the USA for 20 years..I am from the same seed. I am smart and I am not. I believe in GOD. I have seen GOD in my life in so many ways . I am not afraid to show my inner self to anyone.
My life is going down the drain right now as I write this. But I know it will get better...You do not want me to write about my crappy life now...even you would cry..I LOVE YOUR WORK SO KEEP IT UP ! I need your reads !

yes..to your second comment. I have lived my life alone..I am still alone except for Sam my dog. The kool thing is we have some great stories to write about. We are in GATHER,,lol. I would love to hear of these stories from you..I have been shot ,stabbed. I cannot feel anything in part of my right thumb from grabbing the blade coming down......We would give these people here something to gossip about, Huh !
It is so kool to know this about you... I can not ever get pulled over by the police without them coming over the horn...Step out and place both hands on the front hood...lol . Everytime..no matter what I did.

Dude, you have my respect. Most people do, actually all people do until they do something to lose it. I see nothing here that woulde xclude you from my respect. Hell, I've been shooting a bow since I was a kid and always admired Robin Hood. Now, in you, I have a true life Robin Hood for a friend - how cool is that?

And I already knew you were a dog person.

God? Hell, I just seen my dog (the only thing I have) come back from an eleven story leap. And that's just the latest miracle. I hope I keep seeing you around here for a long time to come. I really loved that: "Who Are You"

Thanks

ps: Never been shot but shot someone once. Relax everyone, although intentional, it was only a flesh wound.

lol...I have seen people die..I have looked down at two lying there ,once full of life ,moments before and now they are dead. My friend said ,look at the exit wounds(both head shots) Look at those large holes but i could not see them. I tried , it was like some kind of mental block. I had to walk away only to return to see the holes.

Yes, streaker...I have kept up with him..good dog.. I know that I am strange in some ways. I do not fit in with the normals..my friends are good to me here.I think that I was born in a wrong time. There are no need for men like me here in this day in time. Many years ago, I would be a great warrior but in 2009 ,I am a electrician...lol
I know in my heart I will do what GOD wants me to do from giving my life up(I am tired) to giving up my last sandwich. I really do not care any more.
I am new to this computer stuff. I just learned to paste and copy...lol
I only belong to gather....Wanting to write. I feel somehow that i have lived an unfullfilling life...There is something out there for me to do..I just do not know what it is ?????? Take care friend..and streaker too.

My Life as Inmate Robert

:+)

Something I needed to hear today - "get thee back to the fold" - have been avoiding because of unrelated issues.

Very good post Robert!
Very heart warming and touching.
Thank you for posting.

Great poem Robert.

It struck me as a lyrical poem...telling a story not just a thought.

it was/is a story. My redemptive story if you will. And since the topic of Friday Free Writes was "Hands" - it all just came together.

But, it is not 100% autobiographical (maybe 2/3rds)

It did all come together. Very well. Very few poems actually tell a story. It was enjoyable. I got the sense the it was based in experience.

That is so very true. He never gives up on us, even when we turn our backs on Him.

I love this tribute to Jesus, we are never the same when he touches us.

Robert,

So true, I'm glad you wrote this, it speaks the truth -- we are never the same.

Marilyn

Changed in an instant...

A good one, Robert. 10 for you!

Robert, you started a jail riot???

Actually just a partially-violent food fight among about 30 of my closest and dearest cell-mates lol. Just couldn't take another Turkey dog.

I wasn't thinking that when I wrote all that to Korak, the rest of you were going to get an earful too. Into every life some COLORFUL moments will fall.

a food fight?? Well, that was a let down! :)

In the future may I suggest you embellish with some gang warfare and an old grudge? Thanks.

HEY! Wait a minute... why were you in jail?

It's been posted for two years now, sorry, you got to read it:

My Life as Inmate Robert

:+)

and them food trays hurt when you start getting hit upside the head with them. It wasn't your high school food fight.

Awesome love poem!

You laid a life, belief and struggles all in this. I am touched brother.
trick of swinging

Thank you Kushal. And I've been busy of late not doing as much Gathering as I should be. But for a little while this morning, I'm here.

ery wewll said,my friend

That Eye HE laid on you was no evil Eye my friend!

If the pastor ever pointed his finger like that at me, as a child, I would have been a bit freaked out for a while.

Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting

This is POWERFULLY WRITTEN Robert. I felt as if I was in that Church with you.

This is FEATURED in Artistic Therapy.

I think this is my FAVORITE of all your writings.

Your Friend,
Rene

Thank you Rene and thank you for the feature.

This is beautiful, Robert.

This one is very inspirational, Robert and I really like the images you've chosen to include with it.

thanks

I have over 10,000 e-mails....so please bear with the generic comment... thanks for sharing

You've led a very colorful life, Robert. Love your poem and the photos you included with it. Thank you for being so honest and sharing your story. God bless you! ^i^

AMEN TO GOD AND U
SINNER R SAINT, I ADORE YA

Thank you for posting to the Altar Guild. Your poem is very touching. Fabulous job! I love the picture too. It is so full of love. +10

That is just beautiful! I love it!

Lovely, Robert.