The Last Kiss

[ehowton]

Remember all the good times
When you are feeling sad
Though brief our time together was
Concentrate on what we had

Remember what I stood for
Appreciate my joy
I was there when you most needed me
Never to destroy

I've lived a lifetime of happiness
Everywhere I've been
A lifetime of love, of marriage
A lifetime free of sin

I've watched my children grow
And relished in their youth
I was once like them you know
And tried to keep that truth

In all I've done and all I've seen
My countenance never wavered
Wane not my strength, nor my drive
Life itself I've savored

For all you fools who heed me not
Your hollow souls exposed
No one really likes you
Bile juxtaposed

Shed not a tear for me
My journey continues on
Though I will miss you one and all
Until you've forgotten me...
    Ne'er will I be gone!

Comments

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

damn dude! Is this like a suicide note or something? WTF?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

You sir, are retarded.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

I'm retarded? I'm retarded?!?! What the fuck? You write some stupid shit like:

Shed not a tear for me
My journey continues on
Though I will miss you one and all
Until you've forgotten me...
Ne'er will I be gone!

as if you were leaving your family, dying of a terminal illness or were going to attempt suicide and then you say I'm retarded? Let me take another swing at interpreting this emo poney-tail whiny bitch poem: You wish you had more time to spend with your kids and you whish you were one yourself. However, you think that you can do/be both at the same time because of the increase of psychotropic substances.

You sir, are retarded. Not me!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Its a poem. Get over it.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

no.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I just re-read this, and I think I can help you out. Let's attempt this, shall we?

this emo poney-tail whiny bitch poem:
This makes you sound uneducated.

You wish you had more time to spend with your kids and you whish you were one yourself.
This makes you sound stupid.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

This makes you sound uneducated.
I shall remember this the next time you use the euphemism, Sir!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Its all about context. Learn it, live it, love it.

[leonardii.livejournal.com]

I agree. Comparing poetry to emo shit is very stupid.

Like the man said - it's poetry. Read it not literally, but with the eyes of a philosopher, the eyes of a scientist looking for the missing ingredient, the eyes of a person who expresses deep feelings with the mystery and beauty of what words can give mankind, the eyes of a FUCKING POET!!

Put any poetry to the right music... does it make sense. Sometimes, but it need not... to be beautiful to the ears all the same.

Let yourself try to put the words to music. The whole outlook changes.

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

UUUUHHHH what!!!!!

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

Ya, Ya, Du Bist Ein Dumpfbacke!!!!

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

I love it! However who the hell are you kidding with the "lifetime free of sin"? Anyone who has ever lived with you knows of your propensity for the occasional bout of debauchery! And I am not judging mind you, I took part in some of that good fun ;-)

That said, it is almost perfect.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. Its a poem, dude; Not necessarily representative of an accurate self-portrait - though I did get close.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily representative of an accurate self-portrait...
Agreed. You're not a white as the wind-driven despite what you believe. I'm telling you dude, crack kills!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

You're just jealous dude. That's ok, I'm used to it. Honk like a goose all you need. I'll be here when you're finished.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Whatever.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Honk! Honk!

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

Honk! Honk! Being a retard is fun!

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

Yes true enough, I looked at its meaning not only in its words but after taking in your words over the phone. So I was primed for what I was about to read by that just as much as actually reading it. That is the second time you got me all spun up to read a post over the phone. The last time was when I got worked up after your phone call to me when I had just landed after a long day of air travel. Remember that one? Exhausted, I got all upset because I thought crowy was actually missing and I was pissed you people were not doing more to find her. That was funny looking back on it. Ha... I get jokes. ;-)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Ha... I get jokes. ;-)
Yes, and we're all very proud of you.

Perhaps I should more closely monitor what, when, where, and why I contact you concerning a post. Pray tell, did you consider it a cry for help as poor Tomas did, or simply an expression of my life as I've thus far experienced it? (Living a sinless life notwithstanding, of course.)

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

You know I am easily stirred up, I am a man of action and I am always looking for a reason to put my cape on to save somebody!

I took it for a blending of things as they are for you and perhaps a bit of what you would like to be. Nothing wrong or scary about that. It is frankly a much easier way to understand what is going on with you than to let you get going with all that "cyclical nature" crap-ola... but don't misunderstand, I do appreciate that crap-ola as well, its just cloaked in so much armor plating that it takes a bit longer to weed through. As a man I prefer the armor plating because I don't have to see you weep, I have seen you do that before and, Jesus Christ, thats not pretty!

No I did not take it as a cry for help, thats just ridiculous. I am not sure what exactly it is that young Thomas adds to your life. And I am just fine not knowing, believe me. I have watched you say it a couple of hundred time over the months. He's a retard! It's simple really.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

You know I am easily stirred up, I am a man of action and I am always looking for a reason to put my cape on to save somebody!
And you know I am easily excitable! Especially about nothing at all! Remember how we used to temper each other??? Well that's gone now - its every man for himself! DO WHAT YOU CAN, WHEN YOU CAN - and don't ever look back.

Thank you for a most enjoyable exchange this evening. You've made me laugh out loud on several occasions: For being funny, and for knowing me too well. Live long, and prosper, my friend.

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

Thanks buddy! I will give myself a gold star. :-)

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

[galinda822.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! You are quite the writer.

But somehow this makes me sad.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it! Believe me when I tell you it stirred up some complex emotions in me as well.

[galinda822.livejournal.com]

Of course I believe you!!!

Aren't all emotions complex?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Aren't all emotions complex?
I think, at some point, once we've experienced a certain emotion, we become attuned to their cyclic nature. Used to them, if you must. New, unexperienced emotions, however, do have a tendency to appear complex the first time around.

In this case, mine were brought about thinking about my children's eventual well-being and happiness. New emotions for me, especially in the light cast by the poem.

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

It is charming the way you try so hard. Its charming because I think, no strike that, I know you actually believe what you just said about emotions and complexity.

I love you. It's simple really.

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

you said cyclic nature, that cracks me up. You make emotions sound like stereo schematics or process if/then charts.

You actually get a lot of things very right about emotions when you write your poems. It is when you open your suck after words that you get all of the path and stuck in the mud.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Thank you (I think). Its one of the reasons I do it. As you've so deftly stated, I suck at actually communicating emotional thought. Poetry gives me a way to express myself without admitting a damn thing.

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

Armor plating. Sweet!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I'm bulletproof.

[leonardii.livejournal.com]

Touché!

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

Someone is confused about emotions, don't you think?

*Big Cheesy Grin*

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Someone is confused about emotions, don't you think?
Emotion, in its most general definition, is a complex psychophysical process that arises spontaneously, rather than through conscious effort, and evokes either a positive or negative psychological response and physical expressions, often involuntary, related to feelings, perceptions or beliefs about elements, objects or relations between them, in reality or in the imagination.

[photogoot.livejournal.com]

OK, so we can read a dictionary.

*soft applause*

You know I can read the operators manual for the space shuttle. That doesn't make me an f-ing astronaut!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I think you'd have a pretty good chance, actually. Its what we do.

[ex-crowy.livejournal.com]

I think the poem is lovely. Since I've been known to write a poem or two in my life, I will not dissect the meaning. Sometimes a poem is just a poem. :)

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Thank you ma'am. I was aiming for 'lovely.' And yes ma'am, sometimes a poem is just a poem.

Nice to see you back on lj.

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

Yes, sometimes a poem is just a poem!!!!