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Ebb and Flow
by Jeffrey ParrenThis life and this struggle
this ebb and flow
of the triumphs
and of the tragedies
are so keenly portrayed
on tv and
in the movies
that sometimes
the actuality of pain
is absent.
You see the pain
you empathize
with the characters
but the feeling
is lost until
the next frames
grace the screen.
The pain lingers
longer than the ecstasy.
This movie of life
ebbs more than it flows
it
flows
more than it ebbs.
Not everyone
gets their fair share
while others get
what's not deserved upon them.
Life is not a movie.
I am not that person on the screen. 06/24/2010 Posted on 06/24/2010
Copyright © 2025 Jeffrey Parren
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 06/24/10 at 03:00 PM ...jeff, woven well, just enough pathos; just enough distance that you focus well, though keeping it personal. i'm not on the screen either...sorta ticks me off, i wanna get the Girl and ride off in the sunset. |
| Posted by Therese Elaine on 06/25/10 at 12:10 AM For some reason, the last line of this makes me want to cry...it is one of the truest sentiments ever expressed...and the pain does seem to be endless, while the ecstasy has a decided expiration date...I never cease to be amazed and more than a little humbled by your writing, for the emotional responses you are able to evoke. |
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