Jim Yerman Poems

For many of us the holidays are happy times…it's when we smile, we laugh…we grin but for many others the holidays is when sorrow comes flooding in.

When the waters of sadness rise around them…as they are reminded of a death, they wonder how long they'll be underwater…how long they'll have to hold their breath.
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Thursday was another sad day as another life went unfulfilled
A colleague of a friend of mine was waiting for a bus when he was shot and killed.
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As I watch TV every now and then I’m transported back to a time long ago
When the world was a little bit simpler, when everything moved kind of slow.
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I wonder about women...who work hard, who nurture, who give birth...
Yet they don't have as many rights as the men upon this Earth.

I think, perhaps, as the song says...Nothin' would be fina
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I wonder about the smile, how moving a few muscles just a trace
Can change our whole demeanor and put a smile on our face.

And with an endless supply of smiles and nothing for us to pay
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I wonder who to talk to, who to call or who to reach
To find out what's the cut off age for walking naked on the beach.

Babies are allowed to toddle, their nakedness uncontested
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Her quest was not an easy one...to find the meaning of success
Many people told her...It's how many things you can possess...

Then, one day, she happened on a woman, as old old as she was kind...
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As the moon smiles her last smile...and the stars fade out of sight
As the screech owl and crickets sing a vanishing good night...

The sky begins to brighten, morning doves come out to play
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I wonder as we watch our bodies age and our skin begin to wrinkle
Why does our smile remain enchanting and our eyes not lose their twinkle?

Perhaps as age engulfs us all, it is a basic human endeavor
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I wonder about mistakes...for no one is immune
If you haven't made one yet...you're bound to make one soon.

But we can learn from our mistakes...it's true...you must not doubt it...
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