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john m
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john m asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 9 years ago

Mining for gold.A poem about redemption and recovery.?

Twisting and turning thoughts in my mind

undoing the knots that tie up and bind

I'm in this dark place seeking gold I must find

a miner with no lamp as I dig I dig blind.

Searching and sifting I'm looking for gold

weighing and calculating what cannot be sold

what's that light up ahead as it lights up the way

it's thrown light on the treasure that I mined today.

I run down to the river a nugget I've found

with my hands and feet in clear water my heart starts to pound

I rinse off the earth with purity I'm now bound

as the golden sunlight it glows all around.

The scales they maybe be balanced between darkness and light

my fears have grown wings and have now taken flight

I am battered and bruised yet my spirit feels right

my soul shines like the nugget as I glow with delight.

The measure you take is the measure you give

as each day we avoid is a day less to live

and tomorrow at the mine face the men in darkness descend

how the horn blows forlornly as the shift starts again.

these are more song lyrics from years ago.

This song/poem was about recovery from drug addiction.

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago
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    I love you for what you are, my Johny Valentine and ain't it good to be alive ...

    Shine your light and feed it to the heart ... you just don't need to even strive ...

    Born to be a miner of the golden souls delight ...

    My Johny serves it up and I can't feel no fright ...

    Elevated highly from the breath of sweet ... fresh old air ...

    He can lift me higher and he doesn't even care ...

    It's better to turn out ... and then to find trust ...

    Hey ... hey ... my ... my ...

    His mind is free and his words love me ...

    My Johny Valentine, and ain't he poetry ...

    Clean veins and healthy brains is what I got ...

    I'm never gonna turn back to take another shot ...

    What rot ...

    Forget-me-not ...

    And what we wanna know, is will we get a second delusion ...

    And where we stand today, is where we live to say ...fusion ...

    Singing out our hearts and writing up the chants ...

    Winging on a prayer and wearing the same pants ...

    Flinging in the wins so we're knighting down our sins

    Guess what Johny Valentine ... our faces wear the grins ...

    What I like about you ... is the way you make me feel ... so outta sight ...

    What I love about ya ... is the way you make me say ...Hey, I'm alright ...

    Wrap me up inside ya love and let me wear your rocket glove ...

    Trap this girl in a whirlwind tour ...Pure, Johny valentine, love ...

    You showed me something... they never taught me in school ...

    And I sure know something ... sure know something ....You ain't nobody's fool!

    I still love you, Jon-Jon ...

    From your ... Sharon ...

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    When he says to me ... "Hey love" ...

    Source(s): Sorry honey ... I just flipped out a bit with ... "Your my kind" ...xxx... (((and don't make me cry romantic tears Johny)))
  • 9 years ago

    I am almost an expert on that sujbect since my GF died from aids.

    From a needle,those that judge maybe should suffer like any addict does.

    An addiction ,affliction,makes some whole with true convictions,,

    Always under the gun,guilty without hope,God still makes some cope.

    These lines are powerful,and show great hope.

    I am battered and bruised yet my spirit feels right

    my soul shines like the nuggets as I glow with delight.

    Very good poem...byeeexxx

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Allireration, metaphor and consonance all very strong and that is just the beginning of the poem.

    In the latter half your rhyme comes to the forefront and too metaphor.

    All the ingredients to a recipe for a good poem.

    Thank you for the additional details.

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    5 years ago

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    7 years ago

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